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Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound.

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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
Journalist
Philosopher
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City of Zurich
Alain De Botton
Gratitude
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Pile
Difficulties
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