A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
STENDHALPower, after love, is the first source of happiness.
More Stendhal Quotes
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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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I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
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Our true passions are selfish.
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Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
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A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.
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Far less envy in America than in France.
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The English are, I think the most obtuse and barbarous people in the world
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Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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Women prefer emotions to reasoning.
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A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.
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I have a bad memory for facts.
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