Marcel Proust, in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006), p. 343
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Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
— Marcel Proust on Body
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About Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, essayist and critic.
About Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, essayist and critic.
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