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There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.

-Marcel Proust

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There Is No Man, However Wise, Who

Marcel Proust

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.

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There is no man ... however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived a life, the memory of which is so unpleasant to him that he would gladly expunge it. and yet he ought not entirely to regret it, because he cannot be certain that he has indeed become a wise man -- so far as it is possible for any of us to be wise -- unless he has passed through all the fatuous or unwholesome incarnations by which that ultimate stage must be preceded.

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; youth like summer brave, age like winter bare. youth is full sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame; youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold; youth is wild, age is tame. age, i do abhor thee; youth, i do adore thee.

Let me just say you could end this violence within a very short period of time, have a complete ceasefire - which iran could control, which russia could control, which syria could control, and which we and our coalition friends could control - if one man would merely make it known to the world that he doesn't have to be part of the long-term future; he'll help manage syria out of this mess and then go off into the sunset, as most people do after a period of public life. if he were to do that, then you could stop the violence and quickly move to management.

Youth is a beautiful dream, on whose brightness books shed a blinding dust. will ever the day come when the wise link the joy of knowledge to youth's dream? will ever the day come when nature becomes the teacher of man, humanity his book and life his school? youth's joyous purpose cannot be fulfilled until that day comes. too slow is our march toward spiritual elevation, because we make so little use of youth's ardor.

Memory is corrupted and ruined by a crowd of memories. if i am going to have a true memory, there are a thousand things that must first be forgotten. memory is not fully itself when it reaches only into the past. a memory that is not alive to the present does not remember the here and now, does not remember its true identity, is not memory at all. he who remembers nothing but facts and past events, and is never brought back into the present, is a victim of amnesia.

Much has been said of the loneliness of wisdom, and how much the truth seeker becomes a pilgrim wandering from star to star. to the ignorant, the wise man is lonely because he abides in distant heights of the mind. but the wise man himself does not feel lonely. wisdom brings him nearer to life; closer to the heart of the world than the foolish man can ever be. bookishness may lead to loneliness, and scholarship may end in a battle of beliefs, but the wise man gazing off into space sees not an emptiness, but a space full of life, truth, and law.

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