Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Theories of Relativity
Gavin Sheridan has a series of quotes from the delightfully named Alain de Botton - go on, say it, throw in some Gallic flourish: Alain de Botton - author of Status Anxiety.
From one of them:
"We take our points of reference from those around us: our friends, our family. These are the people who determine our feelings of success. Which is why Rousseau wrote that the best way to become rich is not by trying to make more money, but by separating yourself from anyone around you who has had the bad taste to become more successful than you."
Which reminds me of that wonderfully cutting remark of Gore Vidal's:
"Every time a friend succeeds, a little part of me dies."
From one of them:
"We take our points of reference from those around us: our friends, our family. These are the people who determine our feelings of success. Which is why Rousseau wrote that the best way to become rich is not by trying to make more money, but by separating yourself from anyone around you who has had the bad taste to become more successful than you."
Which reminds me of that wonderfully cutting remark of Gore Vidal's:
"Every time a friend succeeds, a little part of me dies."
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"Rousseau wrote that the best way to become rich is not by trying to make more money, but by separating yourself from anyone around you who has had the bad taste to become more successful than you."
Well I've never had any trouble in seperating myself from anyone who hasn't had more success than me. That is obviously because I have had no success and they all leave me. BOO HOO. I still haven't become rich tho'. So what's he on about then Mr. Clever?
Well I've never had any trouble in seperating myself from anyone who hasn't had more success than me. That is obviously because I have had no success and they all leave me. BOO HOO. I still haven't become rich tho'. So what's he on about then Mr. Clever?
I wish you hadn't corrected yourself, I was feeling good at having better grammar than you.
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