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It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.

Marcel Proust

An hour is not merely an hour, it is a vase full of scents and sounds and projects and climates.
MARCEL PROUST

Deep Sound Time
The bonds that unite us to another human being are sanctified when he or she adopts the same point of view as ourselves in judging one of our imperfections.
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Imperfection Judgement View
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
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Discover Eyes Inspirational Life Philosophy
We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.
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Believe Mindset Philosophy Possible
To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each one of us. The duty and task of a writer are those of translator.
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Book Existence Greatness Humility Writing
When you work to please others you can’t succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone’s interest.
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Chance Satisfaction Success
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
In love, happiness is an abnormal state.
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Happiness Love
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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Friendship Gratitude Happiness Soul
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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Discover Ourselves Wisdom
The courage of one’s opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the other side.
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Courage Eyes Opinion
Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.
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Deep Love Reality
No man is a complete mystery except to himself.
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Himself Men Mystery
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
Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
MARCEL PROUST

Life Sky Yourself

It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.

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