There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
STENDHALTrue 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.
More Stendhal Quotes
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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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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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The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.
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Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
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But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
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The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.
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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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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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Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
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I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.
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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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One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
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