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Love is an incurable disease. In love, there is permanent suffering. Those who love and those who are happy are not the same.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
Journalist
Philosopher
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Writer
City of Zurich
Alain De Botton
Incurable
Permanent
Disease
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Happy
Love

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