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Marcel Proust Quotes

Marcel Proust quotes about time

French Author, Writer July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922

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For although we know that the years pass, that youth gives way to old age, that fortunes and thrones crumble (even the most solid among them) and that fame is transitory, the manner in which—by means of a sort of snapshot—we take cognisance of this moving universe whirled along by Time, has the contrary effect of immobilising it. Marcel Proust
For everyone who, having no artistic sense-that is to say, no submission to subjective reality-may have the knack of reasoning about art till doomsday, especially if he be, in addition, a diplomat or financier in contact with the 'realities' of the present day, is only too ready to believe literature is an intellectual game which is destined to gradually be abandoned as time goes on. Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust quote: "People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one..."
People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust quote: "If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to..."
If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. Marcel Proust
Not caring for their lives' is it? Why, what in the world is there that we should care for if it's not our lives, the only gift the Lord never offers us a second time. Marcel Proust
There are mountainous, arduous days, up which one takes an infinite time to climb, and downward-sloping days which one can descend at full tilt, singing as one goes. Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust quote: "The oddities of charming people exasperate us, but there are..."
The oddities of charming people exasperate us, but there are few if any charming people who are not, at the same time, odd. Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust quote: "I was not unhappy, except one day at a time."
I was not unhappy, except one day at a time. Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust quote: "Time passes, and little by little everything that we have..."
Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true. Marcel Proust

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