There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he…

Quote by Marcel Proust

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

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

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

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...

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...

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.

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it,...

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it,...

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

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...

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

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...

The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually....

The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually....

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises;...

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises;...

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.

Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas.