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We often lose our tempers not with those who are actually to blame just with those who love us enough to forgive us our foul moods.

Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
Journalist
Philosopher
Publisher
Writer
City of Zurich
Alain De Botton
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