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Quote by Marcel Proust

“To a great extent, suffering is a sort of need felt by the organism to make itself familiar with a new state, which makes it uneasy, to adapt its sensibility to that state.”

Quote by Marcel Proust

Book:Remembrance of Things Past

Work

Remembrance of Things Past

In this renowned work, the protagonist reflects on his past, delving into the complexities of human relationships and the passage of time. more

Author

Marcel Proust was a French novelist renowned for his magnum opus, 'In Search of Lost Time'. This novel is considered a classic of 20th-century literature, known for its intricate psychological portrayals and profound exploration of memory. more

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“There is in this world in which everything wears out, everything perishes, one thing that crumbles into dust, that destroys itself still more completely, leaving behind still fewer traces of itself than Beauty: namely Grief.”

World Stills Grief Behinds One Thing This World Sorrow Leaving Dust Fewer

Book:In Search of Lost Time: Or

Source: In Search of Lost Time: Or

“We must love men more than things, and I admire and weep more for the soldiers than for the churches which were only the recording of an heroic gesture which today is reenacted at every moment.”

Men War Moments Today Church Soldier Admire Heroic Gestures

Author:Marcel Proust

“When the mind has a tendency to dream, it is a mistake to keep dreams away from it, to ration its dreams. So long as you distract your mind from its dreams, it will not know them for what they are; you will always be being taken in by the appearance of things, because you will not have grasped their true nature. If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. One must have a thorough understanding of one”

Ifs Knows Mind Littles Long Dream Understanding Mistake Taken Dangerous Appearance Tendencies Cures True Nature Thorough Rations Thorough Understanding

Book:In Search of Lost Time: Or

Source: In Search of Lost Time: Or

“Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make a display of none in public and about whom no one can affirm they have a single one. There is something supple and secret about them. Besides, their perversity gives spice to their most innocent occupations, such as taking a walk in the garden at night.”

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“By law of periodical repetition, everything which has happened once must happen again and again -- and not capriciously, but at regular periods, and each thing in its own period, not another's and each obeying its own law.”

Happens Law History Happened Periods Cycles Again And Again Repetition Obeying

Book:The Bible According to Mark Twain

Source: The Bible According to Mark Twain

“I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct, nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying.”

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“Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief.”

Should Blood Relation Stranger Intimate Sigh Acquaintance Choke Handkerchiefs Intimate Friends Blood Relation

Book:Mark Twain’s Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race

Source: Mark Twain’s Helpful Hints for Good Living: A Handbook for the Damned Human Race

“If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.”

Ifs Men Would Be Humanity Nature Performances Ashamed Humankind

Book:Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend

Source: Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend

“It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.”

Thinking May Persons Dream Knowing Planets Safe Judgment Illusion

Book:Mark Twain's

Source: Mark Twain's

“As a thinker and planner the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized!”

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Book:Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays

Source: Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays