Adultery breathes new life into marriages which have been left for dead.
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L'adultère introduit l'esprit dans la lettre que bien souvent le mariage eût laissée morte.
— Marcel Proust
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "L'adultère introduit l'esprit dans la lettre que bien souvent le mariage eût laissée morte." in the context of "Adultery breathes new life into marriages which have been left for dead." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Marcel Proust" (Quotes, In Search of Lost Time / Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927): À la recherche du temps perdu. [In Search of Lost Time — also translated as Remembrance of Things Past]; the first six volumes were translated by C. K. Scott-Moncrieff from 1922 to 1930, with a revised translation by Terence Kilmartin in 1981 and a further revision by D.J Enright in 1992. The seventh and final volume was translated by Frederick Blossom and published in 1932. Alternate translations provided as noted., Vol. V: The Captive (1923): La Prisonnière)
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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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