Cutting the fat out of the markets requires more than an understanding of money management principles. It requires the discipline to tolerate and endure emotional pain to a level that 19 out of 20 people cannot bear.
And this one:
If you know who owns who then the results of the investigations are logical and predictable. If you think justice will prevail purely on its own merits then you don't understand people.
In answer to your question DD of who did I quote from, I have to confess I made it up.
‘Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.’
— Thomas Alva Edison