A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love. – Marcel Proust
We dont receive wisdom we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. – Marcel Proust
Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. – Marcel Proust
The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing. – Marcel Proust
The hood-winked husband shows his anger, and the word jealous is flung in his face. Jealous husband equals betrayed husband. And there are women who look upon jealousy as synonymous with impotence, so that the betrayed husband can only shut his eyes, powerless in the face of such accusations. – J. August Strindberg