People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. Marcel Proust footgrindlearn Change image and share on social
Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. Marcel Proust crueltyenchantmenthabit Change image and share on social
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. Marcel Proust beneficialbodydevelop Change image and share on social
All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last. Marcel Proust decisionfinalmake Change image and share on social
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust consistdiscoveryeye Change image and share on social
There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. Marcel Proust bookchildhoodday Change image and share on social
Time passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true. Marcel Proust falsehoodpassspeak Change image and share on social
A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love. Marcel Proust deceiveloverarely Change image and share on social
Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. Marcel Proust bookdiscernfind share on social
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees. Marcel Proust artemergeperson Change image and share on social