3 December 2020 Stendhal 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.
3 December 2020 Stendhal To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.
3 December 2020 Stendhal 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.
3 December 2020 Stendhal All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
3 December 2020 Stendhal 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.
3 December 2020 Stendhal This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
3 December 2020 Stendhal Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one.
3 December 2020 Stendhal 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.
3 December 2020 Stendhal 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.
3 December 2020 Stendhal If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.
3 December 2020 Stendhal A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
