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Stendhal Quotes

Stendhal quotes

French Writer January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842

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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
…All right, two mornings from now I’ll fight a duel with a fellow known for his calm collectedness and remarkable skill…’Very remarkable,’ said his Mephistophelian side. ‘He never misses. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "A girl of sixteen had a complexion like a rose, and she put on..."
A girl of sixteen had a complexion like a rose, and she put on rouge. 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
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase. Stendhal
They were completely vague. They expressed everything and nothing. 'It is the olian harp of style,' thought Julien. 'Amid the most lofty thoughts about annihilation, death, the infinite, etc., I can see no reality save a shocking fear of ridicule. 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
Stendhal quote: "Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion."
Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion. Stendhal
Want of exercise was beginning to affect his health and to give him the weak and excitable character of a young German student. Stendhal
Mathilde returned and strolled past the drawing-room windows; she saw him busily engaged in describing to Madame de Fervaques the old ruined castles that crown the steep banks of the Rhine and give them so distinctive a character. He was beginning to acquit himself none too badly in the use of the sentimental and picturesque language which is called wit in certain drawing-rooms. 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: "The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the..."
The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "Only great minds can afford a simple style."
Only great minds can afford a simple style. Stendhal
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. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "God's only excuse is that he does not exist."
God's only excuse is that he does not exist. Stendhal

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