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Older people are most beautiful when they have what is lacking in the young: poise, erudition, wisdom, phronesis, and this post-heroic absence of agitation.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010)

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Ethical man accords his profession to his beliefs, instead of according his beliefs to his profession.

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An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion.

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You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.

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The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

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To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week’s newspapers.

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