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- “Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what we know is in ourselves, all the cowardice, weakness, laziness, dishonesty, compromise, and stupidity.
- “Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can understand what we are saying in essence, we are not wholly alive until we are loved.”
- “We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease.” ― Alain De Botton, On Love.
- “We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and witty as we are ugly, stupid, and dull. But what if such a perfect being should one day turn around and decide they will love us back?
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“Must being in love always mean being in pain?” Love is uncertain. You have to keep choosing to love, even when you’re unsure about what will happen in the future. Uncertainty is an...
Nov 18, 2020 · Here, we share an abridged version of de Botton's essay on the three components that characterise love - and why the lonely are the best placed to be experts on the subject.
In love, there is permanent suffering. Those who love and those who are happy are not the same. Alain de Botton. We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and witty as we are ugly, stupid, and dull.
Quotes from Essays in Love. “Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what we know is in ourselves, all the cowardice, weakness, laziness, dishonesty, compromise, and stupidity. We throw a cordon of love around the chosen one and decide that everything within it ...
Sourced quotations by the Swiss Philosopher Alain de Botton (born in 1969) about love, life and lives. Enjoy the best Alain de Botton quotes and picture quotes!
