Love is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine from it are only our eyes looking in.
STENDHALLove is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine from it are only our eyes looking in.
STENDHALPleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
STENDHALWhen you want to court a woman, court her sister first
STENDHALTo seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You’re supposed to seem bored.
STENDHALThe first virtue of a young man today – that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers – is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.
STENDHALThe French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth.
STENDHALFriendship has its illusions no less than love.
STENDHALI do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
STENDHALIn love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.
STENDHALEvery great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.
STENDHALWhat is really beautiful must always be true.
STENDHALThe idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
STENDHALI see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
STENDHALLove is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.
STENDHALLove has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.
STENDHALA good book is an event in my life.
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