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.
STENDHALWhen you want to court a woman, court her sister first
More Stendhal Quotes
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It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now.
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A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader’s soul.
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If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
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Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
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Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
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Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. There are no age limits for love.
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Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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I see but one rule: to be clear.
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The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
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There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
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When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
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Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.
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