I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.
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War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon’s proclamations.
More Stendhal Quotes
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I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.
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One-half, the finest half, of life is hidden from the man who does not love with passion.
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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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The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
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Far less envy in America than in France.
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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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People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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I do not feel I have wisdom enough yet to love what is ugly.
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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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Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.
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Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.
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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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Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks.
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