“Even intelligence is rather an accident of Nature,” White writes, “and to say that an intelligent man deserves his rewards in life is to say that he is entitled to be lucky.” It doesn’t seem like coincidence that White played poker.
Aqui
“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.”
Shakespeare
Chance / uma martelada na meritocracia
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