A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
STENDHALOn a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
More Stendhal Quotes
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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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The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
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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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Every true passion thinks only of itself.
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Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.
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I see but one rule: to be clear.
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The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.
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The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
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The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
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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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But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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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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