Marcel Proust on moments
Marcel Proust79 quotes“It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.”
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Marcel ProustMarcel Proust Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust Reality is never more than a first step towards an unknown on the road to which one can never progress very far.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust A picture’s beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust The creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust You can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust 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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