People happy in love have an air of intensity.
STENDHALPolitics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
More Stendhal Quotes
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A 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.
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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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A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road.
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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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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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When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
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Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.
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The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.
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The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.
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Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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