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.
STENDHALIf you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
More Stendhal Quotes
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Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
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The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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Beauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
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A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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The difference breeds hatred.
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To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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Your career will be a painful one. I divine something in you which offends the vulgar.
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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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The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
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On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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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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A good book is an event in my life.
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Our true passions are selfish.
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In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives.
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