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Others Quotes by Alain de Botton
- There are people who say, 'Oh this guy is quite thick.' I think the reason is that, increasingly, I don't mind being simple in terms…
- If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient…
- The company of certain people may excite our generosity and sensitivity, while that of others awakens our competitiveness and envy.
- Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of…
- Rather than teasing the buyers, we may blame the society in which they lived for setting up a situation where the purchase of ornate cabinets…
- Because the rhythm of conversation makes no allowance for dead periods, because the presence of others calls for continuous responses, we are left to regret…
- It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our…
- People who hold important positions in society are commonly labelled "somebodies," and their inverse "nobodies"-both of which are, of course, nonsensical descriptors, for we are…
- He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity--suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing…
- We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to…
- The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new…
- The lesson? To respond to the unexpected and hurtful behavior of others with something more than a wipe of the glasses, to see it as…
- What kills us isn't one big thing, but thousands of tiny obligations we can't turn down for fear of disappointing others.
- The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which…
- Maturity: knowing where you're crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control.
More Others Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen