Stendhal Quotes

We call beautiful that which is praised by the newspaper and which produces a lot of money.

The difference in infidelity between the two sexes is so real that a passionate woman can forgive infidelity, which is impossible for a man.

Love is a beautiful flower, but one must have the courage to go and pick it at the edge of a precipice.

For a lover, there are no longer any friends.

Very often tears are the last smile of love.

To go through life without love is like going to battle without music, like embarking on a journey without a book, like sailing the sea without a guiding star.

Having a firm character is to have a long and solid experience of life's disappointments and misfortunes.

The art of love comes down to saying exactly what the level of intoxication of the moment requires.

Love is like a fever: it arises and extinguishes without the will playing the smallest part in it.

The jealous lover bears the illness of their beloved better than their freedom.

A child is a debtor given by nature.

Difference breeds hatred.