All Marcel Proust Quotes
Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.
Marcel Proust
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In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one's life.
Marcel Proust
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In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says the more tender things.
Marcel Proust
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If only for the sake of elegance, I try to remain morally pure.
Marcel Proust
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Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two.
Marcel Proust
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What a profound significance small things assume when the woman we love conceals them from us.
Marcel Proust
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It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions.
Marcel Proust
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Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.
Marcel Proust
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Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
Marcel Proust
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