A fashionable milieu is one in which everybody's opinion is made up of the opinion of all the others. Has everybody a different opinion? Then it is a literary milieu.

Quote by Marcel Proust

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The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it,...

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it,...

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.

The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.

We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.

We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

Love is a reciprocal torture.

Love is a reciprocal torture.

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it...

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners...

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

Our passions shape our books. Repose writes them in the intervals.

Our passions shape our books. Repose writes them in the intervals.

We become moral when we are unhappy.

We become moral when we are unhappy.

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot...

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot...

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they...

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they...

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts...

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.