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.
There is nothing so beautiful, lovable and moving as the English countryside.
I cannot provide the reality of events, I can only convey their shadow.
Want of exercise was beginning to affect his health and to give him the weak and excitable character of a young German student.
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
What is the use of a love that makes one yawn? One might as well take to religion.
There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.
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.
If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
