Stendhal
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“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
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“Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.” -Stendhal
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“Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.” -Stendhal
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“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
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“If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.” -Stendhal
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“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.” -Stendhal
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“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
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“The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.” -Stendhal
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“If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.” -Stendhal
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“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.” -Stendhal
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“In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.” -Stendhal
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“A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.” -Stendhal
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“In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.” -Stendhal
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“Friendship has its illusions no less than love.” -Stendhal
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“All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.” -Stendhal
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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
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“Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one.” -Stendhal
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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
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This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom. – Stendhal
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