Alain de Botton Quote

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"La vraie amitié est une compréhension tacite"

Translations

“Our lives are not as firmly shaped by the practicalities of our income as by the attitudes...”

Alain de Botton

“We become wise by listening and observing”

“We must allow fantasies to teach us important truths about our desires.”

“What is hardest about reality is how much we have to pretend.”

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