Nassim Nicholas Taleb — "Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reve…"
Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse.
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"The difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich don't work for money—they make money work for them."
"The absurdity of money is that it is only good for you if you don't spend it."
"Never ask a man if he is from Lacedaemonia. If he is, he will tell you. If he is not, why embarrass him?"
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