Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.
STENDHALLove is a well from which we can drink only as much as we have put in, and the stars that shine from it are only our eyes looking in.
More Stendhal Quotes
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To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.
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The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.
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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.
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The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.
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People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
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I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.
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To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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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.
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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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Far less envy in America than in France.
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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
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If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
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