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It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is.
Alain de Botton
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Alain de Botton
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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City of Zurich
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The more familiar two people become, the more the language they speak together departs from that of the ordinary, dictionary-defined discourse. Familiarity creates a new language, an in-house language of intimacy that carries reference to the story the two lovers are weaving together and that cannot be readily understood by others.
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Many moments in religion seem attractive to me even though I can't believe in any of it.
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Forcing people to eat together is an effective way to promote tolerance.
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Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style.
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We will cease to be angry once we cease to be so hopeful.
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One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.
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I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there.
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The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word luxury.
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Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement.
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Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.
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The more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.
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Our bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms.
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There is always the option of being emotionally lazy, that is, of quoting.
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It should not be Illiers-Combray that we visit: a genuine homage to Proust would be to look at our world through his eyes, not look at his world through our eyes.
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