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Famous Alain de Botton Quotes
“Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.”
“There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.”
“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”
“Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.”
“The secular world is full of holes. We have secularized badly.”
“Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound.”
“The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call.”
“The challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other's smartphone.”
“Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.”
“What we find exotic abroad may be what we hunger for in vain at home.”