19+ Marcel Proust Quotes Wisdom. "let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; To kindness, to knowledge we make promise only; Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; Marcel proust — french author born on july 10, 1871, died on november 18, 1922. They are the charming gardeners who … Valentin louis georges eugène marcel proust was a french novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel à la recherche du temps perdu, published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. "we do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world. The lives that you admire, the attitudes that seem noble. Impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, we make our irrevocable decisions. He is considered by many to be.
