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Alexis de Tocqueville
“There is no country in the world in which everything can be provided for by laws, or in which political institutions can prove a substitute for common sense and public morality.”
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Mark Manson
“As the existential philosopher Albert Camus said (and I’m pretty sure he wasn’t on LSD at the time): ‘You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Alexander said that it was preferable to have an army of sheep led by a lion than an army of lions led by a sheep.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Courage is the only virtue you cannot fake.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her actions.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

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