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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“The next time someone pesters you with unneeded advice, gently remind him of the fate of the monk whom Ivan the Terrible put to death for delivering uninvited (and moralizing) advice. It works as a short-term cure.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

George Orwell
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
George Orwell, 1984

Geoffrey Chaucer
“Помни днесь и присно,

Что при враге не надобно болтать.

Ты раб того, кто сможет передать

Слова твои. Будь в жизни незаметен,

Страшись всегда и новостей и сплетен.

Равно – правдивы ли они иль ложны;

Запомни, в этом ошибиться можно.

Скуп на слова и с равными ты будь

И с высшими.”
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
tags: enemy

“Adults don't emerge. They're made.”
Kay Hymowitz
tags: mature

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