巴菲特经典名言英文版.docx

巴菲特经典名言英文版 “What counts for most people in investing is not how much they know, but rather how realistically they define what they dont know. An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes.” 就投资而言，人们应该注意的，不是他到底知道多少，而是应该注意自己到底有多少是不知道的，投资人不需要花太多时间去做对的事，只要他能够尽量避免去犯重大的错误。――1992 Letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders “Obviously, every investor will make mistakes. But by confining himself to a relatively few，easy-to-understand cases, a reasonably intelligent, informed and diligent person can judge investment risks with a useful degree of accuracy.” 当然每个投资人都会犯错，但只要将自己集中在相对少数，容易了解的投资个案上，一个理性、知性与耐性兼具的投资人一定能够将投资风险限定在可接受的范围之内。――1993 Letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders “When returns on capital are ordinary, an earn- more- by-putting-up-more record is no great managerial achievement. You can get the same result personally while operating from your rocking chair. just quadruple the capital you commit to a savings account and you will quadruple your earnings. You would hardly expect hosannas for that particular accomplishment. Yet, retirement announcements regularly sing the praises of CEOs who have, say, quadrupled earnings of their widget company during their reign - with no one examining whether this gain was attributable simply to many years of retained earnings and the workings of compound interest.” 当资本报酬率平平，这种大堆头式的赚钱方式跟本没什么了不起，你坐在摇椅上也能轻松达到这样的成绩，好比只要把你存在银行户头里的钱，一样可以赚到加倍的利息，没有人会对这样的成果报以掌声，但通常我们在某位资深主管的退休仪式上歌颂他在任内将公司的盈余数字提高数倍，却一点也不会去看看这些事实上是因为公司每年所累积盈余与复利所产生的效果。――1985 Chairmans Letter to Shareholders “We have tried occasionally to buy toads at bargain prices with results that have been chronicled in past reports. Clearly our kisses fell flat. We have done well with a couple of princes - but they were princes when purchased. At least our kisses didnt turn them into toads. And, finally, we have occasionally been quite successful in purchasing fractional interests in easily-identifiable princes at toad-like prices.” 我们曾用划算的价钱买下不少蟾蜍