Only great minds can afford a simple style.
STENDHALBeauty is nothing but a promise of happiness.
More Stendhal Quotes
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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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It is not enough for a landscape to be interesting in itself. Eventually there must be a moral and historic interest.
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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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Women prefer emotions to reasoning.
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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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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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A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.
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Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
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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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The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
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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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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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Spring appears and we are once more children.
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