When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
STENDHALLife is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.
More Stendhal Quotes
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Spring appears and we are once more children.
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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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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.
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The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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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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Far less envy in America than in France.
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Our true passions are selfish.
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I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction,” said Mathilde. “It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
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Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
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There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.
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The first virtue of a young man today – that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers – is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.
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To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You’re supposed to seem bored.
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A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.
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Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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