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“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.” (Adam Smith)

“I’ll always be a word man, better than a bird man.” (Jim Morrison)

“I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.” (Cicero)

“A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

"To slob" is an intransitive verb.

"If you aren’t getting happier as you get older, you’re doing it wrong." (Naval Ravikant)

One million seconds is fewer than twelve days; one billion seconds is over 32 years.

"The god of war, money changer of dead bodies,
held the balance of his spear in the fighting,
and from the corpse-fires at Ilium
sent to their dearest the dust
heavy and bitter with tears shed
packing smooth the urns with
ashes that once were men."

(Aeschylus, Agamemnon)

If Joe Rogan was named Josh Rogan, the inverse of his name would be Rogan Josh.

The best players look the worst in practice.

“Don’t gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.” (Will Rogers)

"I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world." (Mary Todd Lincoln)

Velcro = Velvet and Crochet

“Capital is past savings accumulated for future production.” (Jackson Martindell)

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” (Mae West)

“Idiot, n: a member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.” (Ambrose Bierce)

“Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make oneself its slave.” (Napoleon Bonaparte)

"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk." (Seneca)

"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage." (Indiana Jones)

“Ignorance is no excuse, it’s the real thing.” (Irene Peter)