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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 11
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It is often the mistakes of others that benefit the rest of us and, sadly, not them ... For the antifragile, harm from errors should be less than the benefits.
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Please, don’t drive a school bus blindfolded.
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The person you are most afraid to contradict is yourself.
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Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate, even if they deserve blame. Never exhibit any self-pity. Do not complain.
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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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Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.
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Don't cross a river if it is four feet deep on average.
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Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.
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Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry.
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Life is a tightrope between two errors: generalizing the wrong particular and particularizing the wrong general.
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If my detractors knew me better they would hate me even more.
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People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.
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For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight.
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Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance.
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Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.
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Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur
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