We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
• Ch. I: "Grief and Oblivion"
• Ch. I: "Grief and Oblivion"
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On ne guérit d'une souffrance qu'à condition de l'éprouver pleinement.
— Marcel Proust
What It Means
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• Ch. I: "Grief and Oblivion"" 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. VI: The Sweet Cheat Gone (1925): Albertine disparue. Also known as La fugitive)
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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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