Words of Wisdom — February 13, 2014

Anaïs Nin on Defeat

"Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat." - Anaïs Nin (born on this date in 1903)

“Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.” – Anaïs Nin (born on this date in 1903)

7 great but notoriously hard-to-finish books

These hard-to-finish books are still worth the effort.

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The “attention economy” corrupts science.

“Salvator Mundi” sold for a record-breaking $450 million in 2017, but is it really as valuable as people were led to believe?

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