Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.
MARCEL PROUSTDeath is in truth an illness from which we recover
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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The courage of one’s opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the other side.
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Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
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Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world, our own, we see it multiplied and as many original artists as there are, so many worlds are at our disposal.
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Love is space and time measured by the heart.
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There are optical illusions in time as well as space.
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We live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom: our body.
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Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.
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It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.
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Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
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We love only what we do not wholly possess.
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Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
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Just as those who practice the same profession recognize each other instinctively, so do those who practice the same vice.
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Truth is a point of view about things.
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A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love.
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