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About Alain de Botton
British author and public speaker
Alain de Botton is a British author and public speaker known for writing about contemporary life and for making philosophy feel useful in everyday settings. His work often turns to common experiences and asks how ideas can help explain them. Among his best-known books are Essays in Love, which sold two million copies, How Proust Can Change Your Life, Status Anxiety, and The Architecture of Happiness.
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- “The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the p…”El DeBarge
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- “I am a regular writer in Mexico, and I always tell the truth in my writings.”Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
Books: more sayings
- “The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern li…”Oscar Wilde
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Books by Alain de Botton
The Architecture of Happiness
2008
The news
2014
The course of love
2016
Religion for Atheists
2012
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
2009