Stendhal Quotes
Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks.
Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if Ido not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.
After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.
...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.
Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
To find love in Paris you must go down among those classes where the absence of education and of vanity, and the struggle for bare necessities, have allowed more energy to survive.
Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?
Julien felt himself to be strong and resolute like a man who sees clearly into his own heart.
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction, " said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
