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More Quotes by Stendhal
The more one pleases generally, the less one pleases profoundly.
There is nothing so beautiful, lovable and moving as the English countryside.
Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.
What is the use of a love that makes one yawn? One might as well take to religion.
There's one convenience about absolute power, that it sanctifies everything in the eyes of the people.
I cannot provide the reality of events, I can only convey their shadow.
After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.
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.
I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.