“ But ugly, expensive things can be useful: they can impress people who do not understand us, do not share our taste, but with whom we might be in love, more than a difficult object which does not yield up its beauty at once. ”
Marcel Proust, The Prisoner (1923). copy citation
Author | Marcel Proust |
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Source | The Prisoner |
Topic | beauty understanding |
Date | 1923 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Carol Clark |
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