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
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
Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness. Stendhal hypocrisymathematicsvagueness Change image and share on social
People happy in love have an air of intensity. Stendhal airhappyintensity Change image and share on social
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. Stendhal appointmenthappinessunforeseen Change image and share on social
True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things. Stendhal comparisondeatheasy 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
Only great minds can afford a simple style. Stendhal affordgreatmind Change image and share on social
