Love is like fever; it comes and goes without the will having any part of the process. Stendhal More Quotes by Stendhal More Quotes From Stendhal It is not enough for a landscape to be interesting in itself. Eventually there must be a moral and historic interest. Stendhal landscape moral interesting It is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover. Stendhal romantic-love husband lovers 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 judging matter ideas 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 music sweet thinking A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it. Stendhal fool would-be matter To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You're supposed to seem bored. Stendhal sorrowful bored taste 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 politics gun impossible But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure. Stendhal sample pleasure ifs A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. Stendhal yield wise happiness 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 impact soul mind It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts. Stendhal enlightenment self heart ...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds. Stendhal ruts genius mind 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 easy pay love I call "crystallization" that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events. Stendhal events perfection mind A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. Stendhal reading writing book 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 structure enthusiasm brain 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 half imagination men 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-opinion united-states america 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 grief suicide feelings Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion. Stendhal women emotion
