A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

Quote by Marcel Proust

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It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint,...

It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint,...

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...

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be...

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be...

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.

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what...

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what...

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...

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or...

We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or...

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...

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself...

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself...

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be...

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be...

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...

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...

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 is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not...

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not...

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?

Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?