George Steiner
View AuthorLiterary criticism often stems from a deficit of love.
George Steiner
View AuthorWe have no more beginnings.
George Steiner
View AuthorStereotypes are tired truths.
George Steiner
View AuthorInhumanity is perennial.
George Steiner
View AuthorLooking back, the critic sees the shadow of a eunuch. Who would be a critic if they could be a writer?
George Steiner
View AuthorWhat is not named does not exist.
Stendhal
View AuthorThe difference in infidelity between the two sexes is so real that a passionate woman can forgive infidelity, which is impossible for a man.
Stendhal
View AuthorLove is a beautiful flower, but one must have the courage to go and pick it at the edge of a precipice.
Stendhal
View AuthorFor a lover, there are no longer any friends.
Stendhal
View AuthorVery often tears are the last smile of love.
Stendhal
View AuthorTo 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.
Stendhal
View AuthorHaving a firm character is to have a long and solid experience of life's disappointments and misfortunes.