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Stendhal Quotes

Stendhal quotes

French Writer January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842

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Stendhal quote: "Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge."
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge. 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: "If you think of paying court to those in power, your eternal..."
If you think of paying court to those in power, your eternal ruin is assured. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "Your career will be a painful one. I divine something in you..."
Your career will be a painful one. I divine something in you which offends the vulgar. 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
A melancholy air can never be the right thing; what you want is a bored air. If you are melancholy, it must be because you want something, there is something in which you have not succeeded. It is shewing your inferiority. If you are bored, on the other hand, it is the person who has tried in vain to please you who is inferior. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "Our true passions are selfish."
Our true passions are selfish. Stendhal
People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all."
Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all. Stendhal
These gentlemen, although of the highest nobility,' thought Julien, 'are not in the least boring like the people who come to dine with M. de La Mole; and I can see why,' he added a moment later,'they are not ashamed to be indecent. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of..."
The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years. Stendhal
Risipea sute de ludovici i intenta procese pentru sute de franci. Bogtaii care au o fire mndr caut distracia i nu ctigul n afaceri. Stendhal
Stendhal quote: "Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion."
Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion. Stendhal

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