Desire makes everything blossom.
MARCEL PROUSTPeople wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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One becomes moral as soon as one is unhappy.
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
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Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.
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One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.
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It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
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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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The creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day.
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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 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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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.
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Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.
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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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If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.
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