Half of suckerhood is not realizing that what you don't like might be loved by someone else (hence by you, later), and the reverse. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A lesson I learned from this ancient culture is the notion of megalopsychon (a term expressed in Aristotle’s ethics), a sense of grandeur that was superseded by the Christian value of “humility.” There is no word for it in Romance languages; in Arabic it is called Shhm — best translated as nonsmall. If you take risks and face your fate with dignity, there is nothing you can do that makes you small; if you don’t take risks, there is nothing you can do that makes you grand, nothing.

Multiplicative generosity: limit your generosity to those who, in turn, given the circumstances, would be equally generous towards others.

avoidance of small mistakes makes the large ones more severe.