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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A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

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...

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

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...

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them

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...

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live...

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live...

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...

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.

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.

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...

What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from...

What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from...

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us...

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us...

The only paradise is paradise lost.

The only paradise is paradise lost.

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...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative...

Death is reflected as either the greatest Evil or it becomes the greatest Saviour. And...

Death is reflected as either the greatest Evil or it becomes the greatest Saviour. And...