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Jun 2021
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This Will Be Your Undoing… If You Can’t ...

Daily Stoic | Wondery
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“There is one thing at the root of the downfall of so many powerful people. There was Xerxes, enraged at the imprudence of the Greeks, whose anger drove him to overreach and underestimate his foe. There was Nixon, ranting and raving about his enemies, authorizing retaliation that he would come to regret, saying things on tape that would drive him from office ... Show More
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