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In love, happiness is an abnormal state.
Marcel Proust
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Marcel Proust
Age: 51 †
Born: 1871
Born: July 10
Died: 1922
Died: November 18
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No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice.
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Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about things.
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For every sin there is forgiveness, and especially for the sins of youth.
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