People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
MARCEL PROUSTDeath is in truth an illness from which we recover
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.
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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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We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
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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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We love only what we do not wholly possess.
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It has been said that beauty is a promise of happiness. Conversely, the possibility of pleasure can be a beginning of beauty.
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We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
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It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.
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Even though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.
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We live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom: our body.
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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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We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.
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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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All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
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It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
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