"The most powerful soporific is sleep itself." — Marcel Proust

"The most powerful soporific is sleep itself."

— 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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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
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In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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