It has been said that beauty is a promise of happiness. Conversely, the possibility of pleasure can be a beginning of beauty.
MARCEL PROUSTReality is never more than a first step towards an unknown on the road to which one can never progress very far.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.
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The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.
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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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Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.
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The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator.
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We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
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We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
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Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
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Truth is a point of view about things.
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
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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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People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.
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Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
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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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You can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
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