A Quote by Harry Browne
The best kept secret in the investing world: Almost nothing turns out as expected.
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I have gone to many beautiful places across the globe, but I must say that the northeast of our country is the best-kept secret in the world.
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Beginning a poem, the poet as a rule doesn't know the way it's going to come out, and at times, he is very surprised by the way it turns out, since often it turns out better than he expected; often his thought carries further than he reckoned.
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The real secret to investing is that there is no secret to investing.
Investing solely for 'income,' investing merely 'to keep capital employed,' and investing simply 'to hedge against inflation' are all entirely out of the question.
Time is the best kept secret of the rich.
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It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.
Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.
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I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.
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