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.
STENDHALLove is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. There are no age limits for love.
More Stendhal Quotes
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I have a bad memory for facts.
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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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The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.
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Every true passion thinks only of itself.
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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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Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
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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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One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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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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When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.
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Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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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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The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
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This religion takes away the courage of thinking of unusual things and prohibits self-examination above all as the most egregious of sins. It is one step away from protestantism.
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