What did Alain de Botton mean by: We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us. - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland Copy
+ 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
+ Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Achieve, Affection, 0 - Alain de Botton Writer · Switzerland
+ One of love’s greatest drawbacks is that, for a while at least, it is in danger of making us happy. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Danger, 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 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
+ Memory is… similar to anticipation: an instrument of simplification and selection. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alain de Botton, Anticipation, Instruments, Memories, 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
+ 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
What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We never love with all our heart and all our soul but once, and that is the first time. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
The heart that can no longer love passionately must with fury hate. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
