Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments

Quote by Marcel Proust

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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...

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having...

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having...

Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their...

Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their...

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...

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live...

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live...

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...

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...

Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.

Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in...

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in...

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

The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinfolk are...

The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinfolk are...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less...

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new...

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new...

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...

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...

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us...

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us...

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises;...

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises;...

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back,...

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back,...

I am ill at these numbers

I am ill at these numbers