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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.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alain de Botton Quotes , Desire Quotes , May Quotes
  • There may have been disillusionments in the lives of the medieval saints, but they would scarcely have been better pleased if they could have foreseen that their names would be associated nowadays chiefly with racehorses and the cheaper clarets.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Hector Hugh Munro Quotes , Names Quotes , May Quotes
  • The happiness that may emerge from taking a second look is central to Proust's therapeutic conception. It reveals the extent to which our dissatisfactions may be the result of failing to look properly at our lives rather than the result of anything inherently deficient about them.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alain de Botton Quotes , Looks Quotes , May Quotes