Marcel Proust Quote

Quote from Marcel Proust,

"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves
after a journey that no one can make for us or spare us."

On ne reçoit pas la sagesse, il faut la découvrir soi-même après un trajet que personne ne peut faire pour nous, ne peut nous épargner.

We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us.
Ch. IV: "Seascape, with a Frieze of Girls"

By:	Marcel Proust (more quotes by Marcel Proust or books by/about Marcel Proust)
	(1871-1922) French novelist, critic, essayist
Source:	In Search of Lost Time / Remembrance of Things Past, Vol II: Within a Budding Grove (1919)
Categories:	Individualism, Knowledge, Learning, Perseverance, Wisdom
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