What does this quote mean?

Question

"There is not a woman in the world the possesion of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us suffer." By : Marcel Proust

Answer 1

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You sometimes have to suffer to learn real truths

Answer 2

this means keep it in your pants or you will be paying alimony, child support and you will be living on the street eating bolony sandwiches.

Answer 3

its saying that there isnt a girl in the world that is as precious as she says she is or how precious she looks and you find out at the end when she ends up hurting you.

Answer 4

Proust was a French fictional writer who died at an early age.
I understand the quote as follows: Having a woman is precious but the suffering caused to us by the truths that a woman can help us learn is more precious. Ironic is it not?!

Answer 5

Women should get back into the kitchen