There is no idea that does not carry in itself a possible refutation, no word that does not imply its opposite.
~ Marcel Proust

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Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promises only; pain we obey.
~ Marcel Proust

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The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains.
~ Marcel Proust

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In love, happiness is an abnormal state.
~ Marcel Proust

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