Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.
MARCEL PROUSTEven though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.
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No man is a complete mystery except to himself.
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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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Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
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We love only what we do not wholly possess.
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We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
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The only true voyage of discovery, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes.
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Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
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Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect.
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Only by art can we get outside ourselves, instead of seeing only one world, our own, we see it under multiple forms.
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Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
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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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You can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
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It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.
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We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
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