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The market is always making mountains out of molehills and exaggerating ordinary vicissitudes into major setbacks.

Benjamin Graham

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Benjamin Graham
Age: 82 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 8
Died: 1976
Died: September 21
Economist
Financier
Investor
University Teacher
Writer
London
England
Mountain
Exaggerating
Ordinary
Vicissitudes
Making
Setbacks
Always
Setback
Mountains
Majors
Major
Market
Molehills

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