People don't know when they are happy. They're never so unhappy as they think they are.

Marcel Proust Du côté de chez Swann
Also known as: Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust
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About Marcel Proust

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, essayist and critic.

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