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True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.

True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence.

Alain de Botton
Love Is, Smartphones, Desire

Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.

Alain de Botton
Desire, May, Littles
Alain De Botton (2008). “Status Anxiety”, p.43, Vintage

The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.

Alain de Botton
Desire, Stronger, Comfort
Alain De Botton (2008). “Status Anxiety”, p.250, Vintage

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