What did Alain de Botton mean by: One of love’s greatest drawbacks is that, for a while at least, it is in danger of making us happy. - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
+ Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Doing Nothing, Exceed, Writing, 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
+ The longing for destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Destiny, Longing, Stronger, 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
+ 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 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
+ 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
+ Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Events, Existence, Spring, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger. - Frank Herbert Author · USA
All private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger. - Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA