People who are not in love fail to understand how an intell… - Marcel Proust

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People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the common bacillus.

Marcel Proust

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

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Alternative Names: Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust • Proust • Valentin Louis Georges Eugéne Marcel Proust • Valentin-Louis-Georges-Eugéne-Marcel Proust • Valentin Louis Georges Eugene Marcel Proust • Valentin-Louis-Georges-Eugene-Marcel Proust • Bernard d'Algouvres • Valentin-Louis-Georges-Eugène-Marcel Proust

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