Marcel Proust

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been read more

The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".

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.

His hatred of snobs was a derivative of his snobbishness, but made the simpletons (in other words, everyone) believe that read more

His hatred of snobs was a derivative of his snobbishness, but made the simpletons (in other words, everyone) believe that he was immune from snobbishness

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.