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Quote by Marcel Proust
Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible. – Marcel Proust

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People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad. – Marcel Proust

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The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. – Milan Kundera

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