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Proust, Marcel - In Search of Lost Time Volume IV - On Pain
Identifier
019775
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927)
Vol. IV: Cities of the Plain (1921-1922)
- La maladie est le plus écouté des médecins: à la bonté, au savoir on ne fait que promettre; on obéit à la souffrance.
- Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promises only; pain we obey.
- Pt. II, Ch. 1