What did Alain de Botton mean by: Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it. - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
+ 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
+ A notorious inability to express emotions makes human beings the only animals capable of suicide. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Animal, Inability, Suicide, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Reputation matters so much only because people so seldom think for themselves. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ Much of the really serious trouble in the world gets going with a sense of humiliation. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Serious, Trouble, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ The blunt large questions become connected to smaller, apparently esoteric ones. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Blunt, connected, Esoteric, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Balance, Fight, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 13, 2024, Alain de Botton, Disappointment, Protection, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ It wasn’t only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Conversation, Drunkards, Stranger, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
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