When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
STENDHALFriendship has its illusions no less than love.
More Stendhal Quotes
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The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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When you want to court a woman, court her sister first
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Women prefer emotions to reasoning.
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I see but one rule: to be clear.
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A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.
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Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.
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Spring appears and we are once more children.
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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
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There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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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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All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
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Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?
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I have a bad memory for facts.
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