Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

Le bonheur est salutaire pour le corps, mais c'est le chagrin qui développe les forces de l'esprit.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Topic

Happiness Grief Personal growth

Author

Marcel Proust

Source

Time Regained In Search of Lost Time

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

French

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Le Temps retrouvé [Time Regained]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. Finding Time Again, edited and translated by Ian Patterson. Penguin Classics, 2023.

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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

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Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

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Source
Our Inner Conflicts
Genre
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I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Source
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