What did Alain de Botton mean by: Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge. - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
+ Although I don’t believe in God, Bach’s music shows me what a love of God must feel like. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Believe, God Love, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Capacity, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Challenge, Interesting, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Dreams reveal we never quite get ‘over’ anything: it’s all still in there somewhere. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Dream, Get Over, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Never too late to learn some embarrassingly basic, stupidly obvious things about oneself. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Obvious Things, Too Late, 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
+ We read the weird tales in newspapers to crowd out the even weirder stuff inside us. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Crowds, Newspapers, Stuff, 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
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
love is not a victory march, it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah. - Jeff Buckley Singer-songwriter
The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. - Jerome K. Jerome Writer
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
While you are meditating revenge, the devil is meditating a recruit. Explain - Francois de Malherbe Poet · France