Marcel Proust1871–1922Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol. VII: The Past Recaptured (1927), Ch. III: “An Afternoon Party at the House of the Princesse de Guermantes”Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol. VII: The Past Recaptured (1927), Ch. III: “An Afternoon Party at the House of the Princesse de Guermantes”
