Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.

Quote by Marcel Proust

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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...

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...

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.

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...

We become moral when we are unhappy.

We become moral when we are unhappy.

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.

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

A powerful idea communicates some of its power to the man who contradicts it

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...

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...

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...

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...

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of...

You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of...

I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time.

I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time.