Maxioms by Marcel Proust
All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey
Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey
We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as read more
We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.
Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and read more
Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.
