Everyone returns us to a different sense of ourselves, for we become a little of who they think … - Alain de Botton

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In the past we believed both sexes were born with original sin. Today, we have come to unconsciously believe in the original sin of boys, but the original innocence of girls.

Alain de Botton

Everyone returns us to a different sense of ourselves, for we become a little of who they think we are.

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A notorious inability to express emotions makes human beings the only animals capable of suicide.

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The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.

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Only by declaring a book completely finished can one start to see how much remains to be done on it.

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