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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Everything great that we know has come from neurotics. never will the world be aware...

Everything great that we know has come from neurotics. never will the world be aware...

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

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

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

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...

People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer...

People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer...

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...

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.

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.

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no 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...

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going...

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were...

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were...

Reading their books over and over again, people continue making mistakes; they are so proud...

Reading their books over and over again, people continue making mistakes; they are so proud...