After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne. Stendhal More Quotes by Stendhal More Quotes From Stendhal Love is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. ... there are no age limits for love. Stendhal feveragelove It is not enough for a landscape to be interesting in itself. Eventually there must be a moral and historic interest. Stendhal landscapemoralinteresting It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover. Stendhal romantic-lovehusbandlovers In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives. Stendhal judgingmatterideas 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 musicsweetthinking A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it. Stendhal foolwould-bematter To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You're supposed to seem bored. Stendhal sorrowfulboredtaste 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 politicsgunimpossible But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure. Stendhal samplepleasureifs A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. Stendhal yieldwisehappiness Sometimes the impact of Mozart's music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy. Stendhal impactsoulmind It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts. Stendhal enlightenmentselfheart ...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds. Stendhal rutsgeniusmind 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 easypaylove I call "crystallization" that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events. Stendhal eventsperfectionmind A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. Stendhal readingwritingbook Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought. Stendhal structureenthusiasmbrain A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he Stendhal halfimaginationmen The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America. Stendhal public-opinionunited-statesamerica Why not make an end of it all?... My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings.... What is death?... A very small matter,when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it. Stendhal griefsuicidefeelings
