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.
STENDHALNothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.
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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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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Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
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I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
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The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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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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This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
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Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
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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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Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.
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I see but one rule: to be clear.
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The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.
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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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