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Stendhal Quotes

A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul Picture Quote #1

Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will.... there are no age limits for love Picture Quote #1

A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it Picture Quote #1

To find love in Paris you must go down among those classes where the absence of education and of vanity, and the struggle for bare necessities, have allowed more energy to survive Picture Quote #1

Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing? Picture Quote #1

For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should find pleasure in shedding tears? That I should love the man who proves to me that I am nothing more than a fool? Picture Quote #1

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The ordinary procedure of the nineteenth century is that when a powerful and noble personage encounters a man of feeling, he kills, exiles, imprisons or so humiliates him that the other, like a fool, dies of grief Picture Quote #1

Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought Picture Quote #1

Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us Picture Quote #1

The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning Picture Quote #1

Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily Picture Quote #1

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight Picture Quote #1

It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts Picture Quote #1

Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth Picture Quote #1

Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process Picture Quote #1

I call crystallization that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events Picture Quote #1

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In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives Picture Quote #1

Man in not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable actions Picture Quote #1

I don’t mean to take advantage of my title of father to interfere with you, my son. You are free Picture Quote #1

I’ve read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place Picture Quote #1

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A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul (Stendhal Quotes) Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will.... there are no age limits for love (Stendhal Quotes) A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it (Stendhal Quotes) To find love in Paris you must go down among those classes where the absence of education and of vanity, and the struggle for bare necessities, have allowed more energy to survive (Stendhal Quotes) Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing? (Stendhal Quotes) For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should find pleasure in shedding tears? That I should love the man who proves to me that I am nothing more than a fool? (Stendhal Quotes) The ordinary procedure of the nineteenth century is that when a powerful and noble personage encounters a man of feeling, he kills, exiles, imprisons or so humiliates him that the other, like a fool, dies of grief (Stendhal Quotes) Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought (Stendhal Quotes) Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us (Stendhal Quotes) The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning (Stendhal Quotes) Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action (Stendhal Quotes) 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 (Stendhal Quotes) When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily (Stendhal Quotes) At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight (Stendhal Quotes) It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts (Stendhal Quotes) Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth (Stendhal Quotes) Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process (Stendhal Quotes) I call crystallization that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events (Stendhal Quotes) In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives (Stendhal Quotes) Man in not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable actions (Stendhal Quotes) I don’t mean to take advantage of my title of father to interfere with you, my son. You are free (Stendhal Quotes) I’ve read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place (Stendhal Quotes)

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