No man is a complete mystery except to himself.
MARCEL PROUSTInstead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
More Marcel Proust Quotes
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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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Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect.
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Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.
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The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist.
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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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It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.
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Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
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We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
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Desire makes everything blossom.
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Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.
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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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Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
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Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
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It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.
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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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