No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us…

Marcel Proust
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No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice. ✨ Marcel Proust (1948). The Maxims of Marcel Proust
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No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice. ✨ Marcel Proust (1948). The Maxims of Marcel Proust

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