Alain de Botton: "Our lives are not as firmly shaped…"

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Nos vies ne sont pas autant façonnées par les aspects pratiques de nos revenus que par les attitudes que nous adoptons envers notre position.

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“We don't need to be constantly occupied to be fulfilled.”

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