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Stendhal Quotes

Stendhal quotes about thoughts

French Writer January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842

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True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things. Stendhal
Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought. 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
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
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
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: "one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through..."
...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds. Stendhal

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