More Quotes by Stendhal
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
Love is a beautiful flower, but we must be brave enough to pick her up from the edge of a precipice.
I cannot provide the reality of events, I can only convey their shadow.
Old age is nothing but the absence of madness, the loss of illusion and passion.
What is the use of a love that makes one yawn? One might as well take to religion.
I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.
Want of exercise was beginning to affect his health and to give him the weak and excitable character of a young German student.
There is nothing so beautiful, lovable and moving as the English countryside.
The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.
