What did Alain de Botton mean by: Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge. - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
+ There’s a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Missing, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Intuition, Judgement, 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
+ One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me? Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Asking, Book, 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
+ How generous was it to offer gifts to people one knew would never accept them? Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Accepting, Offers, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Enough, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Behavior, Malice, Suffering, 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
