Famous Quotes by Marcel Proust

Below are famous quotes by Marcel Proust - French novelist (1871 - 1922).

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.

It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as a choice exists, it can only be bad.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The charms of a passing woman are usually in direct relation to the speed of her passing.

The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

The one thing more difficult than following a regimen is not imposing it on others.

The only paradise is paradise lost.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

There is no one, no matter how wise he is, who has not in his youth said things or done things that are so unpleasant to recall in later life that he would expunge them entirely from his memory if that were possible.

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

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