Quotes by Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy

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Everyone endeavours to eliminate through the other individual his own weaknesses, defects, and deviations from the type, — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
we would not reliably assent to reproduce unless we first had lost our minds. — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books written because authors couldn' — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
We pick our friends not only because they are kind and enjoyable company, but also, perhaps more importantly, because th — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
What we encounter in works of art and philosophy are objective versions of our own pains and struggles, evoked and defin — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
The essence of art is that its one case applies to thousands,' knew Schopenhauer. — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
The continuing belief that the world is fundamentally just is implied in the very complaint that there has been an injus — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
When we suspect that we are appropriate targets for hurt, it does not take much for us to believe that someone or someth — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy
There is an easy way to measure our inner levels of abjectness and friendliness to ourselves: we should examine how well — Alain de Botton, The Consolations of Philosophy