There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth…

Marcel Proust
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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. ✨ Marcel Proust (2006). Remembrance of Things Past, p.775, Wordsworth Editions
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