The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most …

Marcel Proust
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The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace. ✨ Marcel Proust (1957). Pleasures and days: and other writings
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The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace. ✨ Marcel Proust (1957). Pleasures and days: and other writings

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