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“it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • Sherlock Holmes
“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.”
Austin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
“A large extended family is the greatest luxury in life.”
Brett Leve • Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community
“The man who can do the average thing when all those around him are going crazy.”
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
One of Goethe’s maxims captures it better: “Tell me with whom you consort and I will tell you who you are.”
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Do Good a little at a time, but often.
Baltasar Gracian • The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Unabridged Start Publishing LLC)
Peter Drucker and his book The Effective Executive, as well as Alain de Botton’s (page 486) How Proust Can Change Your Life.
Timothy Ferriss • Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Lake Wobegon Effect, after Garrison Keillor’s famous radio
Harry Beckwith • Selling the Invisible
One can say the same about more modest restaurants with lesser-known chefs. Some of them can be found in the back streets of provincial towns, like l’Isle Sonnante in Avignon: small, charming, and delicious.