The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's …

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The classical man's worst fear was inglorious death; the modern man's worst fear is just death ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms, p.96, Random House
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