A photograph acquires something of the dignity which it ordinarily lacks when it ceases to be a reproduction of reality and shows us things that no longer exist.
MARCEL PROUSTWe are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
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Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect.
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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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An hour is not merely an hour, it is a vase full of scents and sounds and projects and climates.
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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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Truth is a point of view about things.
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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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One becomes moral as soon as one is unhappy.
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No man is a complete mystery except to himself.
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If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.
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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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It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
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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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You can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
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Love ever unsatisfied, lives always in the moment that is about to come.
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