“Much of aging comes from a misunderstanding of the effect of comfort.”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 55
“One age misunderstands another; and a petty age misunderstands all the others in its own ugly way.”
Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 98e
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