“To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.”
Respect
“The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.”
MusicAll Quotes by Stendhal
“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.”
Happiness“This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.”
Age“The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.”
Music“In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.”
Future“To describe happiness is to diminish it.”
Happiness“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.”
Hope“All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.”
Fear“Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.”
Art“Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.”
Women“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.”
Alone“If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.”
Love“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.”
Politics“Friendship has its illusions no less than love.”
Friendship“A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.”
Happiness“If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.”
Power“True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.”
Death“Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one.”
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