Every true passion thinks only of itself.
STENDHALTo describe happiness is to diminish it.
More Stendhal Quotes
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God’s only excuse is that he does not exist.
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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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Spring appears and we are once more children.
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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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She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
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Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
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The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.
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I call “crystallization” that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
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Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
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A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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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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It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.
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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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Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.
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This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
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