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Stendhal

Stendhal

French writer (ps. of Marie Henri Beyle)

Lived from: 1783 - 1842

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 23 january 1783 Died: 23 march 1842

  • The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
  • The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.

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  • A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
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  • A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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  • Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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  • The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
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  • To describe happiness is to diminish it.
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  • A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.
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  • The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Stendhal?

The two most famous quotes from Stendhal are:

  • "A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love."
  • "A novel is a mirror carried along a main road."

When did Stendhal live?

Stendhal was born in 1783 and died in the year 1842.