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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Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one,...

Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one,...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

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...

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

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...

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,...

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no...

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no...

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...

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...

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

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

The bonds that unite another person to ourselves exist only in our mind. Memory as...

The bonds that unite another person to ourselves exist only in our mind. Memory as...

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure...

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure...

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and...

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and...

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

It has been said that beauty brings a promise of happiness, but it could be...

It has been said that beauty brings a promise of happiness, but it could be...

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way

We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence.

We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence.

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by...

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by...