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A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.
StendhalStendhal God’s only excuse is that he does not exist.
StendhalStendhal Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?
StendhalStendhal Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
StendhalStendhal In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way.
StendhalStendhal If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
StendhalStendhal Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
StendhalStendhal Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
StendhalStendhal But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
StendhalStendhal People happy in love have an air of intensity.
StendhalStendhal This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
StendhalStendhal Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?
StendhalStendhal Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks.
StendhalStendhal I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
StendhalStendhal Our true passions are selfish.
StendhalStendhal A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he.
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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A man can get something from war that is impossible to acquire any place else.
Major Dick WintersMajor Dick Winters A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
PlatoPlato I conclude that the musical notes and rhythms were first acquired by the male or female progenitors of mankind for the sake of charming the opposite sex.
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.
Wayne DyerWayne Dyer The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
VoltaireVoltaire We acquire the strength we have overcome.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
AesopAesop