首先，让我们先来追溯一段传奇，谈谈这位被称之为“金钱魔术师”的传奇人物——沃伦·巴菲特的成长经历。
在1930年的某个阳光明媚的日子，奥马哈这个宁静的小镇迎来了一位未来的金融巨头。从小，巴菲特就在他那位股票经纪人的父亲脚边玩耍，对金钱的敏感度就像是与生俱来的天赋。
六岁那年，他就开始了他的第一次商业探险——倒卖可乐，这小子，简直就是个小号的资本家，连五美分都不放过。
在学术的海洋里，巴菲特也游刃有余，数学和经济学对他来说，就像是儿童乐园里的旋转木马，乐趣无穷。
他从沃顿商学院的风雨中走过，最终在内布拉斯加大学赢得了荣誉的桂冠。而在哥伦比亚大学，他遇到了那位传说中的智者——本杰明·格雷厄姆。提起《聪明的投资者》，巴菲特的眼里总是闪烁着光芒，他从中领悟到的不仅是投资的哲学，更是一种洞察企业灵魂的艺术。
1949年，这个年轻的投资奇才，用385美元的小额资本，开启了他在股市的征途。
巴菲特的每一次投资，都像是一场精心策划的棋局，每一步都精准无比。
他的人生经历告诉我们，投资不仅仅是一门技术，更是一种洞察力，一种对基本面的深刻理解，以及一种对市场波动视若无睹的定力。
这就是巴菲特的传奇，一个值得我们细细品读，从中汲取智慧的富豪。
准备好了吗？让我们一起走进这位投资大师的智慧空间，探寻他财富背后的秘密。
1.有些怪异的人性总想把简单的事情弄得复杂。
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
2.有人今天坐在树荫下，因为他很久以前种了一棵树。
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
3.预言下雨不算什么，建造方舟才算。
Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.
4.我坚持花很多时间，几乎每天，只是坐下来思考。这在美国商业环境中非常罕见。我阅读并且思考。因此，我比大多数商业人士阅读和思考得更多，也更少做出冲动性的决策。我这么做，是因为我喜欢这样的生活。
I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.
5.你必须要独立思考。我常常惊讶于：一些智商极高的人在市场上无意识的跟随大众，和这些人聊天对于我毫无益处。
You have to think for yourself. It always amazes me how high-IQ people mindlessly imitate. I never get good ideas talking to other people.
6.如果你在小事上无原则，那么在大事上一样没有原则。
If you let yourself be undisciplined on the small things, you will probably be undisciplined on the large things as well.
7.人性的弱点总是充满贪婪、恐惧或者是愚蠢，这是完全可以预测的，但是我们无法预测这种人性弱点的发生顺序。
The fact that people are full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.
8.当市场下跌时，你轻易的将好东西打折变卖，但是一旦市场向上，再想买回来，难之又难。
You can always juice sales by going down-market, but it's hard to go back upmarket.
9.对于企业而言，糟糕的运作加上混乱的管理，结果常常是一笔糊涂帐。
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.
10.与其杀死毒龙，不如避开毒龙。
It's easier to stay out of trouble than it is to get out of trouble.
11.市场就像上帝，只帮助那些本身就很努力的人。但与上帝不同的是，市场不会宽恕那些不清楚自己在干什么的人。
The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.
12.在我做决策之前，我会掂量一下自己的分量。
My idea of a group decision is to look in the mirror.
13.只要你没做太多的错事，一生中，你只需要做几件正确的事情。
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
14.建立一个好名声需要20年，而毁掉它只需要5分钟。如果你想到这一点，你做事的方式就会不同。
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.
15.很多时候，东西的主人到头来会被其拥有的一大堆东西所主宰。我最重视的资产，除了健康以外，就是有趣、多元化和长期的朋友。
Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.
16.无需比他人聪明，只需比他人自律。
We don't have to be smarter than the rest, we have to be more disciplined than the rest.
17.情绪上的弥补比专业上的技能更为重要。
Emotional makeup is more important than technical skill.
18.我不会想要跳过7英尺高的障碍我向四周寻找我可以跨过去的一英尺高的障碍。
I don't look to jump over seven-foot bars: I look aro3und for one-foot bars that I can step over.
19.我不是天才，但是我在某些事情上很聪明，我就只关注这些事情。
I’m no genius, but I’'m smart in spotsand I stay around those spots.
20.如果你发现自己身处一艘不断漏水的船里，换一艘船所需的能量可能比填补漏洞所需的能量更有效率。
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
21.永远不要损失本金。
Never lose your principal.
