Life is like a box of chocolates

We have a theory: anything gets better with chocolate. Whether we’re talking about muffins, beer or a bad day, we’ve carried out a series of homemade experiments and can guarantee that chocolate always works its magic!

Yes, we admit it, we have a craving for chocolate. In fact, we enjoy chocolate as much as we appreciate design, so when we found this Chocolates with Attitude limited edition box, we just couldn’t help falling in love.

This delightful box has been created by Bessermachen Design Studio + Brandhouse and it contains twelve small boxes featuring 12 personality archetypes with 12 matching famous quotes, accompanied by 12 complementing types of chocolates developed by Coca Luxury Chocolate.

We could go on and on talking about the cute round-shaped little boxes, the vivid typography or the masterfully crafted chocolates, but instead we suggest playing a bit with all the language which goes along with these babies.

We’ve mixed up the archetypes and the quotes. Do you think you can match them?

1. The magician
2. The care giver
3. The seducer
4. The hero
5. The everyman
6. The entertainer
7. The rebel
8. The creator
9. The adventurer
10. The wiseman (or woman)
11. The innocent
12. The king

a. Courage is knowing what not to fear

b. If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun

c. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing

d. The real secret of magic lies in the performance

e. I can resist everything except temptation

f. Common sense is just genius dressed in its working clothes

g. It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple

h. Honesty is the best policy

i. You have to think anyway, so why not think big?

j. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else

k. All the world is a stage

l. Life is either a great adventure or nothing

And one more thing. Can you match the quotes with their authors?

1. Shakespeare
2. Oscard Wild
3. Plato
4. Donald Trump
5. Steve Jobs
6. Booker T. Washington
7. Helen Keller
8. Katharine Hepburn
9. Ben Franklin
10. Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. David Copperfield
12. Socrates

You can find the right combinations in this pdf file or having a closer look at the Chocolates with attitude box photographs.

Finally, do you agree with Forrest Gump when he says “Life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re gonna get”? At The English Cam we don’t really mind what we get, as long as it comes with loads of chocolate.