We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

On ne reçoit pas la sagesse, il faut la découvrir soi-même après un trajet que personne ne peut faire pour nous, ne peut nous épargner.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Topic

Acquiring wisdom Wisdom

Author

Marcel Proust

Source

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower In Search of Lost Time

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

French

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs [In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower]. Paris: Gallimard, 1919.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, translated and edited by James Grieve. Penguin Classics, 2005.

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T.S. Eliot
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Language
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Time
1934 1930s 20th century
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Citation

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Time
1919 1910s 20th century
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See many skies and seas.

Gustave Flaubert

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Author

Gustave Flaubert
Source
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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