The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.

Quote by Marcel Proust

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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...

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

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.

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...

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.

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...

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

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

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

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

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.

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...

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...

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...

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not...

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not...

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...

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.

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...

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the...

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...