Stendhal Quotes

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• The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

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  Leadership, Peace, Motivation

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• One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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  Character, Community, Solitude

  "De l'Amour" fragment 1 (1822)

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• Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.

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  Feet, Miserable, Life Is

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• Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.

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  Promise

  "De L'Amour" (On Love) by Stendhal, (Ch. 17, footnote), 1822.

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• The sight of anything extremely beautiful, in nature or in art, brings back the memory of what one loves, with the speed of lightning.

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  Beautiful, Art, Memories

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• A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he

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  Men, Imagination, Half

  Stendhal (2015). “The Charterhouse of Parma”, p.190, Booklassic

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• A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

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  Love, Positive, Valentines Day

  Stendhal (1967). “On Love”

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• A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.

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  Character, Pride, Sacrifice

  Stendhal (1916). “On Love”

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• Our true passions are selfish.

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  Selfish, Passion, True Passion

  Stendhal (2016). “The Red and the Black: World Classics”, p.145, World Classic

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• Every true passion thinks only of itself.

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  Passion, Thinking, Very True

  Le Rouge et le Noir bk. 2, ch. 1 (1830)

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• Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process.

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  Love, Fever, Process

  Stendhal (1967). “On Love”

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• All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

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  Atheist, Fear, Religion

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

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  Please

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• The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.

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  Tyrants, Ideas

  Stendhal (2016). “The Red and the Black”, p.277, Xist Publishing

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• A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.

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  Writing, Soul, Sound

  Stendhal (2003). “The Red and the Black”, p.11, Modern Library

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• Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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  Fashion, Simple, Simplicity

  Stendhal (1967). “On Love”

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• Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

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  Art, Science, Dodge

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• A good book is an event in my life.

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  Book, Writing, Events

  Stendhal (2006). “The Red and the Black: Easyread Edition”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The difference breeds hatred.

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  Differences, Hatred

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• Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.

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  Doe, Deeds, Stuff

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• Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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  Pleasure, Spoiled, Describing

  Stendhal (1955). “The private diaries of Stendhal [pseud.]”

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• Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.

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  Selfishness, Desert, Fool

  Stendhal (2016). “The Red and the Black”, p.331, Tyché

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• Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

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  Math, Hypocrisy, Vagueness

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• Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

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  Power, Love Is, Firsts

  Stendhal (1916). “On Love”

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• I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.

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  Mind, Her Beauty

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