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Littles Quotes by Alain de Botton
- I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the…
- Every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.
- If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art are perhaps a…
- It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual…
- The architects who benefit us most maybe those generous enough to lay aside their claims to genius in order to devote themselves to assembling graceful…
- If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful.
- Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources.…
- Everyone returns us to a different sense of ourselves, for we become a little of who they think we are.
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