black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.

Stendhal

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
STENDHAL

Moments Music Phrase Thinking Woman
If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
STENDHAL

Character Occasion Thinking Work Yourself
I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
STENDHAL

Action Crystal Discover Event Mindset
Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
STENDHAL

Fear Personal Quick Shock Thing
There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
STENDHAL

Beautiful Happiness Style Vision
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
STENDHAL

Clever Fear Foundation Religion Smart
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
STENDHAL

Carry Main Mirror Novel Road
The English are, I think the most obtuse and barbarous people in the world
STENDHAL

Myself Nature People Thinking World
Perhaps men who cannot love passionately are those who feel the effect of beauty most keenly; at any rate this is the strongest impression women can make on them.
STENDHAL

Feeling Impression Love Man Passion Woman
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.
STENDHAL

Average Feeling Greatness Lady Remark Rich Society Woman
The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.
STENDHAL

Beautiful Light Love Sight Speed
Every true passion thinks only of itself.
STENDHAL

Passion Thinking True
Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?
STENDHAL

Devil Different Man Touch
The ordinary procedure of the nineteenth century is that when a powerful and noble personage encounters a man of feeling, he kills, exiles, imprisons or so humiliates him that the other, like a fool, dies of grief.
STENDHAL

Death Fools Grief Man Ordinary Personage Powerful Procedure
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
STENDHAL

Born Degree Hope Love Small
Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.
STENDHAL

Attention Attraction Engine Myself Rule Steam Support Weird World

One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Stendhal Quotes