In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays, but which can at any moment become what it would have become long earlier if one had not obtained what one wanted, atrocious

Quote by Marcel Proust

Topics: Joy Quotes, Love Quotes

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...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

His hatred of snobs was a derivative of his snobbishness, but made the simpletons (in...

His hatred of snobs was a derivative of his snobbishness, but made the simpletons (in...

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions we...

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions we...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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.

Blame someone else and get on with your life.

Blame someone else and get on with your life.

When you get to the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on.

When you get to the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on.