You can afford to be compassionate, lax, and courteous if, once in a while, when it is least expected of you, but completely justified, you sue someo… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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You can afford to be compassionate, lax, and courteous if, once in a while, when it is least expected of you, but completely justified, you sue someone, or savage an enemy, just to show that you can walk the walk.

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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.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Sarah Josephine Taleb (CC BY)

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Alternative Names: Nassim Taleb

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