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Happiness is salutary for the body but sorrow develops the powers of the spirit. - Marcel Proust (In Search of Lost Time Quotes)

Happiness is salutary for the body but sorrow develops the powers of the spirit.[Le bonheur est salutaire pour le corps, mais c’est le chagrin qui développe les forces de l’esprit.]

Source:Vol. VII: Time Regained (1927)
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Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time Quotes
  • Book: In Search of Lost Time
  • Writer: Marcel Proust
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Published: 1927
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