Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes about Age

A man without a heroic bent starts dying at the age of thirty.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.28, Random House
Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.31, Random House