The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Quote by Marcel Proust

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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...

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...

We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or...

We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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 bonds that unite another person to ourselves exist only in our mind. Memory as...

The bonds that unite another person to ourselves exist only in our mind. Memory as...

The only paradise is paradise lost

The only paradise is paradise lost

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 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...

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

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...

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

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

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to...

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to...

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

Books are a uniquely portable magic

Books are a uniquely portable magic