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No man is a complete mystery except to himself.

Marcel Proust

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
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Freedom Lost Men Science Thinking
Love ever unsatisfied, lives always in the moment that is about to come.
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Love Moments Satisfaction
People don’t know when they are happy. They’re never so unhappy as they think they are.
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Happiness People Thinking
Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.
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Desire Difference Fade
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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Art Deep Thankful World
A picture’s beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.
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Philosophy Photograph
We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
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Afraid Lying Motivational Success Truth
Death is in truth an illness from which we recover
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Death Recovery Truth
Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
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Deep Eyes Travel Wisdom
When from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain.
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Break Distance Food Past Taste
There are optical illusions in time as well as space.
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Illusion Science Space
Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
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Greatness Literature Religion World
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.
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Life Moments Wait
Just as those who practice the same profession recognize each other instinctively, so do those who practice the same vice.
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Practice Profession Recognition Vice
An hour is not merely an hour, it is a vase full of scents and sounds and projects and climates.
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Deep Sound Time
The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
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Feeling Habit Inspirational Passion

No man is a complete mystery except to himself.

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