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Matter Quotes - Page 128

No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.

Niall Ferguson (2011). “Civilization: The West and the Rest”, p.107, Penguin

It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1439, Random House

It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.

"Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. V), 1916.

I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

"Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography". Book by Kitty Kelley, 2011.

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what.

"What Is Skepticism, Anyway?" by Michael Shermer, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 31, 2013.