Only great minds can afford a simple style. Stendhal affordgreatmind 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
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. Stendhal interestpersuadesheep Change image and share on social
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained. Stendhal liferegainshort Change image and share on social
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase. Stendhal givehearlight Change image and share on social
Power, after love, is the first source of happiness. Stendhal happinesslovepower Change image and share on social
Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore. Stendhal concertgunignore Change image and share on social
It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now. Stendhal fortymakenobility 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
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge. Stendhal artdodgelogic Change image and share on social
