"Le bonheur est salutaire pour le corps, mais c'est le chagrin qui développe les forces de l'esprit."
— Grief

January 1, 1970

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Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. — Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1927), Vol. VII: Le temps retrouvé (The Past Recaptured), Chapter III: "An Afternoon Party at the House of the Princesse de Guermantes".