Stendhal Quotes

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Jealousy can constitute a new way of proving love, but it can also offend the dignity of a perfectly delicate woman.

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Excessively beautiful women are less surprising on the second day.

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I honor with the name of virtue the habit of carrying out painful and useful actions for others.

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No one can in their life escape from a deplorable crisis of enthusiasm.

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To know man, it is enough to study oneself; to know men, one needs to live among them.

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What makes the pain of jealousy so acute is that vanity cannot help to endure it.

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Everything can be acquired in society, except for character.

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The religions are founded on the fear of many and the liveliness of a few.

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Shyness has the disadvantage of habituating to lie.

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The unclear man cannot delude himself: either he deceives himself or he tries to deceive others.

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To desire is to have the courage to expose oneself to an inconvenience; to expose oneself in this way is to tempt fate and to play.

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It is essential, for others to bear us willingly, to participate to some extent in their passions.