Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Marcel Proust Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Jul 10, 1871
  • Died: Nov 18, 1922

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu, published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest authors of all time.

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. happiness & sympathy

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves. change

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees. art

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. nature

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them. time

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

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. alone & great

Love is space and time measured by the heart. time

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. imagination, men & women

We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond. truth

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. communication & strength

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. time

We don't receive wisdom we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. wisdom

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. change

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only pain we obey. knowledge & medical

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way. intelligence

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible. happiness

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