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

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,...

The only paradise is paradise lost.

The only paradise is paradise lost.

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...

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...

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

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.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

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,...

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom...

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom...

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...

People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which...

People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which...

Everything great that we know has come from neurotics. never will the world be aware...

Everything great that we know has come from neurotics. never will the world be aware...

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...

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we...

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we...

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...

In a dream you are never eighty

In a dream you are never eighty

We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded...

We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded...