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Stendhal Quotes

«Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit»
Author: Stendhal | Keywords: envy, France, In America, wit
«Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained»
Author: Stendhal | About: Life | Keywords: regained, Too Short, yawning, yawns
«People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.»
«The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth.»
«Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge»
Author: Stendhal | About: Logic | Keywords: dodge, dodged, dodges, dodging
«A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.»
Author: Stendhal
«I call 'crystallization' that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.»
Author: Stendhal | About: Action | Keywords: crystallization, discovers, turn of events
«Power, after love, is the first source of happiness»
Author: Stendhal | About: Power
«Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.»
Author: Stendhal | Keywords: avarice, prudery
«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.»
Author: Stendhal | About: Genius | Keywords: come hell or high water, high water

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