We become moral when we are unhappy.

Quote by Marcel Proust

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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

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

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

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us...

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us...

Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least...

Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least...

The only paradise is paradise lost

The only paradise is paradise lost

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Love is a reciprocal torture.

Love is a reciprocal torture.

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...

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a...

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a...

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.