A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.

Stendhal

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Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.

Stendhal


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C'est la violente impression du laid sur une âme faite pour aimer ce qui est beau.

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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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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.

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A good book is an event in my life.

Stendhal

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I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.

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La politique au milieu des intérêts d'imagination, c'est un coup de pistolet au milieu d'un concert.

Stendhal

Tags: politics literature



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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

Tags: ambition 1820 2009 confederacyofdunces



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Ce n'est pas tant d'être riche qui fait le bonheur, c'est de le devenir.

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