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Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert. The noise is loud without being forceful. It isn't in harmony with the sound of any instrument. This political discussion will mortally offend half my readers and bore the others, who have found a much more precise and vigorous account of such matters in their morning newspapers. (Stendhal)
Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit. View quote
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The pleasures and the cares of the luckiest ambition, even of limitless power, are nothing next to the intimate happiness that tenderness and love give. View quote
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I no longer find such pleasure in that preeminently good society, of which I was once so fond. It seems to me that beneath a cloak of clever talk it proscribes all energy, all originality. View quote
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Spring appears and we are once more children. View quote
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A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road. View quote
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People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions. View quote
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The pleasures and the cares of the luckiest ambition, even of limitless power, are nothing next to the intimate happiness that tenderness and love give. I am man before being a prince, and when I have the good fortune to be in love, my mistress addresses a man and not a prince. View quote
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Politics in the middle of things that concern the imagination are like a pistol-shot in the middle of a concert, ... Le Rouge et le noir. View quote
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Coming back here often (on Lake Como) is like a drop of poison; it makes you want to never leave. View quote
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Occupation: French Writer
Born: January 23, 1783
Died: March 23, 1842
Quotes count: 85
Wikipedia: Stendhal

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