Author: 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.

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

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.

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

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

- Stendhal

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

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

- Stendhal

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

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

- Stendhal

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

- Stendhal

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

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

- Stendhal

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

- Stendhal

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

- Stendhal

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