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Aphorism 172

Stefan Czerniawski — 10 February 201710 February 2017

Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.

John Maynard Keynes, General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, Chapter 12, §5

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