"The four most expensive words in the English language are "this time itβs different.""
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As quoted in The Four Pillars of Investing : Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio (2002) by William Bernstein
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John Templeton
Sir John Marks Templeton (29 November 1912 β 8 July 2008) was an American-born British stock investor, businessman, philanthropist and founder of the John Templeton Foundation and the Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities.
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