We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes.
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The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.Marcel Proust
Les vrais paradis sont les paradis qu'on a perdus. The true paradises are the lost paradises.
Marcel Proust
Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.
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In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one's life.
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For a long time I used to go to bed early.
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Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
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