God’s only excuse is that he does not exist.
STENDHALA good book is an event in my life.
More Stendhal Quotes
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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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To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You’re supposed to seem bored.
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I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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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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At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.
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Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. There are no age limits for love.
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Sometimes the impact of Mozart’s music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.
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The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
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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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Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
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Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.
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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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Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.
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Signs cannot be represented, in a spy’s report, so damningly as words.
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