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Letter "A" » Alain de Botton Quotes
«The most attractive are not those who allow us to kiss them at once (we soon feel ungrateful) or those who never allow us to kiss them (we soon forget them), but those who coyly lead us between the two extremes.»
Author: Alain de Botton
«We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety.»
Author: Alain de Botton
«Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to»
Author: Alain de Botton
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«We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us»
Author: Alain de Botton
«I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day-to-day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying. And yet, one can laugh. Indeed, one has to laugh precisely because of the darkness: the nervous laughter of the trenches.»
Author: Alain de Botton
«I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.»
Author: Alain de Botton
«Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers.»
Author: Alain de Botton
«Snobbery exists in all areas of life, not least literary criticism. By snobbery I mean, any method of judging someone or something whereby you latch on to one or two features about them/it, and use these to come to a definitive, immovable judgement. In intellectual matters, the snob will often take the external features of a work as a guide to its value.»
Author: Alain de Botton
«Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.»
Author: Alain de Botton
«Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you'll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these suggestions are deeply unhelpful to our own projects and priorities - and we should take care.»
Author: Alain de Botton
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