Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
MARCEL PROUSTWe love only what we do not wholly possess.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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Death is in truth an illness from which we recover
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Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect.
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We live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom: our body.
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Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
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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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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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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
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The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
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You can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
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When I am not too sad to listen, music is my consolation.
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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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We love only what we do not wholly possess.
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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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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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