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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Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees

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...

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

Dreaming only makes reality seem worse!

A fashionable milieu is one in which everybody's opinion is made up of the opinion...

A fashionable milieu is one in which everybody's opinion is made up of the opinion...

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

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

It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint,...

It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint,...

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and...

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and...

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;...

Our passions shape our books. Repose writes them in the intervals.

Our passions shape our books. Repose writes them in the intervals.

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...

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...

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,...

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom...

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom...

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...

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no...

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no...

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 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...

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.

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...