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

Other quotes by Marcel Proust

Every reader finds himself. The writers work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. – Marcel Proust

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Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness. – Marcel Proust

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Neurosis has an absolute genius for malingering. There is no illness which it cannot counterfeit perfectly. If it is capable of deceiving the doctor, how should it fail to deceive the patient? – Marcel Proust

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Its obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect. – Daniel Keys Moran

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When youre happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness – and thats a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life. – Suze Orman

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Im an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance. – Patrick Duffy

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The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible. – Bertrand Russell

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