What did Alain de Botton mean by: Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand. - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
+ Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Tendencies, Unfortunate, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Book, Remains, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Lazy, Sloth, 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
+ Cynics are – beneath it all – only idealists with awkwardly high standards. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, High Standards, Idealist, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ What am I supposed to do here? What am I supposed to think? Feraz Zeid, June 11, 2023December 12, 2023, Alain de Botton, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The genius of religions is that they structure the inner life. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Genius, Inner Life, Structure, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Unhappiness can stem from having only one perspective to play with. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Happiness, Perspective, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing. - Louise Bourgeois Sculptor · France
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Explain - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
