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So many complaints boil down to the belly ache of the fragile, mortal, ignored ego in a vast and indifferent universe.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
Journalist
Philosopher
Publisher
Writer
City of Zurich
Alain De Botton
Fragile
Mortals
Boil
Ego
Ache
Vast
Complaints
Universe
Belly
Many
Mortal
Ignored
Indifferent

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