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“At 'The School of Life', we take seriously anything that has to do with human fulfilment - and take note wherever insight on this subject can be found.”

Alain de Botton

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You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you're annoyed with them.

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“Anyone who urgently needs us deserves, in the true book of love, to be our friend.”

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