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Alain de Botton Quotes

born 1969 United Kingdom

Alain de Botton (born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books and television programs discuss various contemporary subjects and themes in a philosophical style, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life.

United Kingdom
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The origins and travels of our purchases remain matters of indifference, although—to the more imaginative at least—a slight dampness at the bottom of a carton, or an obscure code printed along a computer cable, may hint at processes of manufacture and transport nobler and more mysterious, more worthy of wonder and study, than the very goods themselves.

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (2009)

I … thought about societies where exceptional fortunes are built up in industries with very little connection to out sincere and significant needs, industries where it is difficult to escape from the disparity between a seriousness of means and a triviality of ends.

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (2009)

Life is near-death experience.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alain de Botton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.