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I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
StendhalStendhal When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.
StendhalStendhal There is no such thing as “natural law”: this expression is nothing but old nonsense… Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.
StendhalStendhal All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
StendhalStendhal Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
StendhalStendhal Only great minds can afford a simple style.
StendhalStendhal If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.
StendhalStendhal Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
StendhalStendhal The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.
StendhalStendhal The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
StendhalStendhal Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
StendhalStendhal To describe happiness is to diminish it.
StendhalStendhal Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
StendhalStendhal Sometimes the impact of Mozart’s music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.
StendhalStendhal Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity.
StendhalStendhal On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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To those who say self-love is selfish, you are either hunted or haunted.
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R CliftR Clift The best lesson you can receive is knowing when to let go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Let me lie next to you. Let my skin speak to your skin in silence.
BelaBela I had shed my old skin so I could make room to grow into myself again.
Z. ElliottZ. Elliott These empty halls are crowded, this silence is too loud. Shadows they call out, now i’ve lost what once was found.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin We made a mess of this love, you and I. Forever the most beautiful disaster.
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It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining, I feel good, and no one’s going to stop me now.
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury Travel and tell no one, live a true love story and tell no one, live happily and tell no one, people ruin beautiful things.
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Chris BrownChris Brown Beauty is where you find it.
MadonnaMadonna Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward by outward beauty.
Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
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