The only paradise is paradise lost.

Quote by Marcel Proust

Topics: Marcel Proust Quotes

It has been said that beauty brings a promise of happiness, but it could be...

It has been said that beauty brings a promise of happiness, but it could be...

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...

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...

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.

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...

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what...

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what...

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having...

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having...

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.

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it...

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it...

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

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

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...

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...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less...

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less...

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...

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...

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

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in...

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in...

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...

If you think you have it tough, read history books.

If you think you have it tough, read history books.

The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little...

The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...