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We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.
Marcel Proust
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Marcel Proust
Age: 51 †
Born: 1871
Born: July 10
Died: 1922
Died: November 18
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We become moral when we are unhappy.
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The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct ratio to the swiftness of our passage.
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