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“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine”
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“Learn to read history, get all the knowledge you can, do not frown on the anecdote, but do not draw any causal links, do not try to reverse engineer too much -- but if you do, do not make big scientific claims.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.”
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“The fact is that every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future.”
― Labyrinths
― Labyrinths
“The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.”
― Summa Contra Gentiles: Volumes 1-4 in Five Books
― Summa Contra Gentiles: Volumes 1-4 in Five Books
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