One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
STENDHALFriendship has its illusions no less than love.
More Stendhal Quotes
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God’s only excuse is that he does not exist.
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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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People happy in love have an air of intensity.
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The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
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On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.
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The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.
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Spring appears and we are once more children.
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Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?
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Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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I have a bad memory for facts.
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In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way.
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Our true passions are selfish.
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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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The difference breeds hatred.
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It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now.
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