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

Quote by Marcel Proust

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Love is a reciprocal torture.

Love is a reciprocal torture.

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...

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...

The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the...

The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the...

The only paradise is paradise lost.

The only paradise is paradise lost.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going...

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going...

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,...

The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually....

The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually....

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...

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...

Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least...

Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least...

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.

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...

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.

The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of...

The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of...

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

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

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.

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...

Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.

Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful,...

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful,...

I fall, I rise, I make mistakes, I live, I learn, I've been hurt but...

I fall, I rise, I make mistakes, I live, I learn, I've been hurt but...

Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going...

Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going...

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to...

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to...