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More Quotes by Stendhal
I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.
I cannot provide the reality of events, I can only convey their shadow.
The more one pleases generally, the less one pleases profoundly.
There is nothing so beautiful, lovable and moving as the English countryside.
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
Old age is nothing but the absence of madness, the loss of illusion and passion.
There's one convenience about absolute power, that it sanctifies everything in the eyes of the people.
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
