I treat my friends as temporary pre-enemies, my enemies as … - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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I treat my friends as temporary pre-enemies, my enemies as temporary pre-friends, and my post-friends as permanent enemies.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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