We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the …

Alain de Botton
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We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease. ✨ Alain de Botton (2015). On Love: A Novel, p.125, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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