"Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it……" — Marcel Proust

"Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."

— Marcel Proust

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303 Quotes by Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust has 303 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we…
A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon…
Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.
Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is…
The moments of the past do not remain still; they retain in our memory the motion which drew them towards…
There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.
The only true voyage of discovery, . . . would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other…
If, I can someday see M. Claude Monet's garden, I feel sure that I shall see something that is not…
The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction…
There can be no peace of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a…
Indeed, among the lesser auxiliaries to success in love, an absence, the declining of an invitation to dinner, an unintentional,…
Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world, our own, we see it multiplied and as many original artists as…

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More Adversity Quotes

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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. — Andrea Arnold
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'… — Arthur Ashe
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can… — Ibrahim Babangida
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams

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