Alain de Botton
1969
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Biography
Alain de Botton is a Swiss-born British philosopher, author, and television presenter. He is known for his popular philosophy books that explore various aspects of modern life, including relationships, work, and architecture. De Botton founded The School of Life, an organization that offers workshops and classes on emotional intelligence and self-improvement.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The greatest enemy of a good life often is the best.
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Maturity: the ability to stick with a job until it's finished; the ability to do a job without being supervised; the ability to carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
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Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others.
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It is one of the disasters of the modern age that our new unparalleled access to information has come at the price of our capacity to concentrate on anything much. The deep, immersive thinking which produced many of civilization’s most important achievements has come under unprecedented assault. We are almost never far from a machine that guarantees us a further supply of distractions.
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We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and witty as we are ugly, ignorant, and dull. We would like to lose ourselves, and we resent the familiar avenues that lead back to us.