Marcel Proust was born on this date in 1871. An aesthete, in ill health, and a dilettante for much of his life, Proust gave literature the classic Remembrance of Things Past—a 3,000-page novel that has yet to go out of print. (来源：http://www.EnglishCN.com)

Generations of scholars have analyzed the popularity of Proust; rather than enter the debate, we searched out a few Proustian thoughts.

The Frenchman had this to say about the fallibility of humankind: "There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory."

He also spoke about the innocence of the uninitiated: "Like everybody who is not in love," wrote Proust, "he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages."

Finally, Marcel Proust had some advice for those who would be free: "As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress."

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