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We must understand this old limitless hilarity and human confidence,
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
To–day the rich man knows in his heart that he is a cancer and not an organ of the State. He differs from all other thieves or parasites for this reason: that the brigand who takes by force wishes his victims to be rich. But he who wins by a one–sided contract actually wishes them to be poor.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
Bayes’s much more famous work, “An Essay toward Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances,”24 was not published until after his death, when it was brought to the Royal Society’s attention in 1763 by a friend of his named Richard Price. It concerned how we formulate probabilistic beliefs about the world when we encounter new data.
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
only vestiges left in Mr L. Prosser of his mighty ancestry were a pronounced stoutness about the tum and a predilection for little fur hats.
Douglas Adams • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
a laugh: “Look at Bitcoin Jesus.” It was a nickname that would stick.
Nathaniel Popper • Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
“Well, bucko, you’re good enough for a friend, but my experience of you so far has not indicated the
Jordan B. Peterson • 12 Rules for Life
But I do resent the whole age of patronage being revived under such absurd patrons; and all poets becoming court poets, under kings that have taken no oath, nor led us into any battle.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
apocryphal.