Absolute Risk Aversion

Famous quotes containing the words absolute, risk and/or aversion:

    One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
    Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

    Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
    François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)