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Stendhal Quotes

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French Writer January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842

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Stendhal quote: "To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time..."
To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face. Stendhal
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
Am I capable of deceiving my friend? Julien asked himself peevishly. This being, for whom hypocrisy and an absence of all sympathy were the usual methods of protecting himself, could not bear, this time, the thought of the slightest trickiness in dealing with a man for whom he had friendly feelings. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his..."
The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water. Stendhal
Ah, Sir, a novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment it reflects to your vision the azure skies, at another the mire of the puddles at your feet. And the man who carries this mirror in his pack will be accused by you of being immoral! His mirror shews the mire, and you blame the mirror! Rather blame that high road upon which the puddle lies, still more the inspector of roads who allows the water to gather and the puddle to form. Stendhal
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
The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil..."
Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch? Stendhal
The first virtue of a young man today - that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers - is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "Julien felt himself to be strong and resolute like a man who..."
Julien felt himself to be strong and resolute like a man who sees clearly into his own heart. Stendhal

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