"As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents."

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Alain de Botton

#Character Quotes #Parent Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.”
“The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.”
“If you hang around long enough, they think you're good. It's either my tenacity or my stupidity, I'm not sure which.”
“Drawing is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover the world.”
“It's your thinking that decides whether you're going to succeed or fail.”
“In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite and loving one's neighbor.”
“It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.”
“The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.”

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