What did Alain de Botton mean by: A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough. - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
+ The only way to be happy is to realise how much depends on how you look at things Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Realising, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Our bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Body, Mind, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Acceptance, Wisdom, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ True respectability stems not from the will of the majority but from proper reasoning. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Majority, Reasoning, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Happiness may be difficult to obtain. The obstacles are not primarily financial. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Financial, Obstacles, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The good parent: someone who doesn’t mind, for a time, being hated by their children. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Children, Mind, Parents, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The only people we can think of as normal are those we don’t yet know very well. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Normal, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn’t call. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Hands, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The art of achievement is the art of making life – your life – a masterpiece. - Wilferd Peterson Author · USA
There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable? Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
One should commit no stupidity twice, the variety of choice is, in the end, large enough. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
What is boredom? It is when there is simultaneously too much and not enough. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Intellectuals cannot be good revolutionaries; they are just good enough to be assassins. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
