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# Nassim Taleb

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##  Quotes by Nassim Taleb

> [“We see the world as less random than it actually is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-taleb/we-see-the-world-as-less-random-than-it-actually-is/)

[Nassim Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-taleb/)

[Actually](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actually/)

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> [“We like stories, we like to summarize, and we like to simplify, i.e., to reduce the dimensions of matters…the narrative fallacy is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-taleb/we-like-stories-we-like-to-summarize-and-we-like-to-simplify-i-e-to/)

[Nassim Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-taleb/)

[Fallacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fallacy/)

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> [“You should be much more ashamed of things you didn't say than you are of things you said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nassim-taleb/you-should-be-much-more-ashamed-of-things-you-didn-t-say-than-you-are/)

[Nassim Taleb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nassim-taleb/)

[Ashamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashamed/)

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