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Marcel Proust Quotes: One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.
         

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.


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Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.



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If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.



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