"The charms of the passing woman are generally……" — Marcel Proust
"The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing."
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Marcel Proust
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303 Quotes by Marcel Proust
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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we…
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A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon…
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Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.
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Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is…
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The moments of the past do not remain still; they retain in our memory the motion which drew them towards…
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There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.
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The only true voyage of discovery, . . . would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other…
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If, I can someday see M. Claude Monet's garden, I feel sure that I shall see something that is not…
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The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction…
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There can be no peace of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a…
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Indeed, among the lesser auxiliaries to success in love, an absence, the declining of an invitation to dinner, an unintentional,…
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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 Charm Quotes
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
— Jane Austen
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God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us…
— Teresa of Avila
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Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch…
— John Adams
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It's a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think there's an added complication for me, because he was…
— Kate Beckinsale
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There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result…
— Annie Besant
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Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
— Ambrose Bierce
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In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.
— Erma Bombeck
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The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,…
— Charlotte Bronte
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A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.
— Anita Brookner
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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven,…
— Akhenaton
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of…
— John Buchan
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A sequel is such a daunting thing, because you don't want to lose the magic and the charm of the…
— Sandra Bullock
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