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.
STENDHALOne of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
More Stendhal Quotes
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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover.
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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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Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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The difference breeds hatred.
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Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.
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An English traveller relates how he lived upon intimate terms with a tiger; he had reared it and used to play with it, but always kept a loaded pistol on the table.
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Why not make an end of it all? My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings. What is death? A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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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 good book is an event in my life.
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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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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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Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.
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