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“The true paradises are the paradises that we have lost.”
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“Love is not vain because it is frustrated, but because it is fulfilled. The people we love turn to ashes when we posess them.”
― Remembrance of Things Past: Volume II - The Guermantes Way & Cities of the Plain
― Remembrance of Things Past: Volume II - The Guermantes Way & Cities of the Plain
“Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. ”
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“Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way”
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“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”
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