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If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month

Quote byEdwin Lefèvre · 1871–1943

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923), Chapter VIII, p. 89.

English (original)

If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month. But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing.

— Edwin Lefèvre

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