It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is…

Quote by Marcel Proust

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

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

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...

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we...

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we...

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

We become moral when we are unhappy.

We become moral when we are unhappy.

The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.

The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right...

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right...

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...

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 woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with...

A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under...

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under...