Alain de Botton Quote

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"Le travail commence enfin lorsque la peur de ne rien faire dépasse la peur de mal faire."

Translations

“If we are to be entirely alive, it must be through feeling deeply.”

Alain de Botton

“We need very little to make us happy; we need more to keep us that way.”

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