The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America.
STENDHALA 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.
More Stendhal Quotes
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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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Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
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This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregious of sins. It is one step away from protestantism.
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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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People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story.
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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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Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
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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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Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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I see but one rule: to be clear.
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The difference breeds hatred.
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People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.
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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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The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.
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