The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.
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Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.
More Stendhal Quotes
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The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.
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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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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.
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Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.
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Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity.
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Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
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Spring appears and we are once more children.
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I see but one rule: to be clear.
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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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Sometimes the impact of Mozart’s music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.
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If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.
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When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Far less envy in America than in France.
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Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.
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Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
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