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“Montaigne’s example teaches that if you have realistically low expectations, you’ll end up pleased in most circumstances.”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
“The median narcissism score has risen 30 percent in the last two decades. Ninety-three percent of young people score higher than the middle score just twenty years ago.4 The largest gains have been in the number of people who agree with the statements “I am an extraordinary person” and “I like to look at my body.”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
“You did it instead because you reordered your loves, and as Augustine says again and again, you become what you love.”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
“The social media maven spends his or her time creating a self-caricature, a much happier and more photogenic version of real life. People subtly start comparing themselves to other people’s highlight reels,”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
“But we often put our loves out of order. If someone tells you something in confidence and then you blab it as good gossip at a dinner party, you are putting your love of popularity above your love of friendship. If you talk more at a meeting than you listen, you may be putting your ardor to outshine above learning”
― The Road to Character
― The Road to Character
Matt’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Matt’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
446 books
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37 friends
42 books
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16 friends
257 books
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1 friend
173 books
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1 friend
173 books
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2 friends
0 books
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3 friends
63 books
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6 friends
0 books
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2 friends
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