La maladie est le plus écouté des médecins: à la bonté, au savoir on ne fait que promettre; on obéit à la souffrance.http://books.google.com/books?id=bfwLAAAAIAAJ&q=%22La+maladie+est+le+plus+%C3%A9cout%C3%A9+des+m%C3%A9decins+%C3%A0+la+bont%C3%A9+au+savoir+on+ne+fait+que+promettre+on+ob%C3%A9it+%C3%A0+la+souffrance%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage" - Meaning and context.">
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Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promises only; pain we obey.http://books.google.com/books?id=PSmIRcmLPSQC&q=%22illness+is+the+doctor+to+whom+we+pay+most+heed+to+kindness+to+knowledge+we+make+promises+only+pain+we+obey%22&pg=PA131#v=onepage
• Pt. II, Ch. 1
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La maladie est le plus écouté des médecins: à la bonté, au savoir on ne fait que promettre; on obéit à la souffrance.http://books.google.com/books?id=bfwLAAAAIAAJ&q=%22La+maladie+est+le+plus+%C3%A9cout%C3%A9+des+m%C3%A9decins+%C3%A0+la+bont%C3%A9+au+savoir+on+ne+fait+que+promettre+on+ob%C3%A9it+%C3%A0+la+souffrance%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage

— Marcel Proust

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "La maladie est le plus écouté des médecins: à la bonté, au savoir on ne fait que promettre; on obéit à la souffrance.http://books.google.com/books?id=bfwLAAAAIAAJ&q=%22La+maladie+est+le+plus+%C3%A9cout%C3%A9+des+m%C3%A9decins+%C3%A0+la+bont%C3%A9+au+savoir+on+ne+fait+que+promettre+on+ob%C3%A9it+%C3%A0+la+souffrance%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage" in the context of "Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promises only; pain we obey.http://books.google.com/books?id=PSmIRcmLPSQC&q=%22illness+is+the+doctor+to+whom+we+pay+most+heed+to+kindness+to+knowledge+we+make+promises+only+pain+we+obey%22&pg=PA131#v=onepage
• Pt. II, Ch. 1" 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. IV: Cities of the Plain (1921-1922): Sodome et Gomorrhe) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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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.