Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.

Marcel ProustAuthor · French · 1871 – 1922
More from Marcel Proust
Kindness Quotes
#Knowledge
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. — Princess Diana
  • In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
  • Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. — George Bernard Shaw
  • We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. — Marcel Proust
  • Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees. — Marcel Proust
  • Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026