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Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards.
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Part II. Solutions, Chapter I. Philosophy
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Status Anxiety
Writer:
Alain de Botton
Genre:
Philosophy, Non-Fiction, Psychology
Published:
2004
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