Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
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.
More from Alain de Botton (314 quotes) →More quotes by Alain de Botton
- “Our sadness won’t be of the searing kind but more like a blend of joy and melancholy: joy at the perfection w…”Alain de Botton
- “To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one's ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity.”Alain de Botton
- “It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dam…”Alain de Botton
- “... what ease our seemingly entrenched lives might be altered were we simply to walk down a corridor and onto…”Alain de Botton
Books: more sayings
- “I read reviews and consider myself pretty 'plugged in' to the literary cosmos, yet one of the things I love b…”Julia Glass
- “A spy novel?” Dagmar asked. “You two are talking about a spy nov”G.A. Aiken
- “I like to come back to the science fiction of Stanislaw Lem. He is comforting but also funny, and although I…”Olga Tokarczuk
READ THE SOURCE
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