Fortune punishes the greedy by making him poor and the very greedy by making him rich. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Fortune punishes the greedy by making him poor and the very greedy by making him rich.

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About Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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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