In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future. Stendhal futurehopelose Change image and share on social
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness. Stendhal hypocrisymathematicsvagueness Change image and share on social
Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all. Stendhal avaricebadkind Change image and share on social
A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth. Stendhal fortyloveman Change image and share on social
The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man. Stendhal befitdesirefashionable Change image and share on social
Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion. Stendhal eagerlyemotionlookout Change image and share on social
Only great minds can afford a simple style. Stendhal affordgreatmind Change image and share on social
What is really beautiful must always be true. Stendhal beautifultrue Change image and share on social
People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story. Stendhal findhorrormake Change image and share on social
If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured. Stendhal assurecourteternal Change image and share on social
