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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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

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...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

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.

Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual...

Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual...

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...

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...

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

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...

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...

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...

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

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be...

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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.

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.