Every true passion thinks only of itself.
STENDHALWhen you want to court a woman, court her sister first
More Stendhal Quotes
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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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There is no such thing as “natural law”: this expression is nothing but old nonsense… Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.
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Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
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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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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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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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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.
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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 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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Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
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Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.
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I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.
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Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth.
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