In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.

Quote by Marcel Proust

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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...

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...

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 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,...

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer...

People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer...

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

We become moral when we are unhappy.

We become moral when we are unhappy.

The only paradise is paradise lost

The only paradise is paradise lost

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,...

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...

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it...

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

Habit, if wisely and skillfully formed, becomes truly a second nature; but unskillfully and unmethodically...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...

Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good...