Maxioms by Marcel Proust
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
The fixity of habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in read more
There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.
There can be no piece of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a read more
There can be no piece of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a fresh starting-point for future desires.
Everything great that we know has come from neurotics… never will the world be aware of how much it owes read more
Everything great that we know has come from neurotics… never will the world be aware of how much it owes to them, nor above all what they have suffered in order to bestow their gifts on it.
It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions
It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions