Marcel Proust on Power
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Marcel Proust, catalogued under power, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Marcel Proust, entry #79930: "a pederast might hum when raping a choirboy."
Attributed to Marcel Proust, entry #42925: "Our virtues themselves are not free and floating qualities over which we retain a permanent control and power of disposal; they come to be so closely linked in our minds with the …"
2 Quotes by Marcel Proust on Power
"a pederast might hum when raping a choirboy."
"Our virtues themselves are not free and floating qualities over which we retain a permanent control and power of disposal; they come to be so closely linked in our minds with the actions in conjunction with which we make it our duty to practice them, that, if we are suddenly called upon to perform some action of a different order, it takes us by surprise, and without our supposing for a moment that it might involve the bringing of those very same virtues into play."