In the early 1970′s it cost $7 to buy a share in [Warren Buffett’s] company, and that same share is worth $4,900 today… That makes Buffett a wonderful investor. What makes him the greatest investor of all time is that during a certain period when he thought stocks were grossly overpriced, he sold everything and returned all the money to his partners at a sizable profit to them. The voluntary returning of money that others would gladly pay you to continue to manage is, in my experience, unique in the history of finance.
Peter Lynch, “One Up on Wall Street”