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“To bankrupt a fool, give him information.”
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
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“It has been more profitable for us to bind together in the wrong direction than to be alone in the right one. Those who have followed the assertive idiot rather than the introspective wise person have passed us some of their genes. This is apparent from a social pathology: psychopaths rally followers.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
“You may be poor, but the one thing nobody can take away from you is the freedom to fuck up your life whatever way you want to.”
― Freedom
― Freedom
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