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Stendhal Quote: “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.”

51. “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 Quote: “What woman alive today would not be horrified to touch the head of her decapitated lover?’ Madame.”

52. “What woman alive today would not be horrified to touch the head of her decapitated lover?’ Madame.”

Stendhal Quote: “Realitatea i se paru plata si murdara; e de inteles sa nu iti placa sa o privesti dar atunci nici nu iti este ingaduit sa o judeci.”

53. “Realitatea i se paru plata si murdara; e de inteles sa nu iti placa sa o privesti dar atunci nici nu iti este ingaduit sa o judeci.”

Stendhal Quote: “The presence of danger inspires a sensible man with genius, raising him, so to speak, above himself. In the case of the man of imagination, it inspires him with romances, which may indeed be bold, but which are frequently absurd.”

54. “The presence of danger inspires a sensible man with genius, raising him, so to speak, above himself. In the case of the man of imagination, it inspires him with romances, which may indeed be bold, but which are frequently absurd.”

Stendhal Quote: “The Duchess’s voice, and its tone, were as strange as her appearance. This tone, stripped of all passion, of all human concern, of all anger, made the Count turn pale; it reminded him of the demeanour of one of his friends who, some months earlier, on the point of death, and having already received the sacraments, had asked to see him.”

55. “The Duchess’s voice, and its tone, were as strange as her appearance. This tone, stripped of all passion, of all human concern, of all anger, made the Count turn pale; it reminded him of the demeanour of one of his friends who, some months earlier, on the point of death, and having already received the sacraments, had asked to see him.”

Stendhal Quote: “This man, whom great monarchies would have envied the prince of Parma, was known to have only one passion: of holding intimate conversations with great personages and currying favour by his buffoonery.”

56. “This man, whom great monarchies would have envied the prince of Parma, was known to have only one passion: of holding intimate conversations with great personages and currying favour by his buffoonery.”

Stendhal Quote: “I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.”

57. “I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.”

Stendhal Quote: “Together with his fiery soul, Julien possessed one of those stunning memories so often linked to stupidity.”

58. “Together with his fiery soul, Julien possessed one of those stunning memories so often linked to stupidity.”

Stendhal Quote: “A good book is an event in my life.”

59. “A good book is an event in my life.”

Stendhal Quote: “Ever since Napoleon’s fall, provincial manners rigidly suppress anything that smacked of gallantry. People are afraid of being dismissed from office.”

60. “Ever since Napoleon’s fall, provincial manners rigidly suppress anything that smacked of gallantry. People are afraid of being dismissed from office.”

Stendhal Quote: “Now civilization has banished chance, there is no more of the unexpected. If it comes up in ideas there aren’t enough epigrams to throw at it; if it comes up in action no amount of cowardice is enough to cope with our fears.”

61. “Now civilization has banished chance, there is no more of the unexpected. If it comes up in ideas there aren’t enough epigrams to throw at it; if it comes up in action no amount of cowardice is enough to cope with our fears.”

Stendhal Quote: “There are no longer any real passions in the nineteenth century: that’s why one is so bored in France. People commit acts of the greatest cruelty, but without any feeling of cruelty.”

62. “There are no longer any real passions in the nineteenth century: that’s why one is so bored in France. People commit acts of the greatest cruelty, but without any feeling of cruelty.”

Stendhal Quote: “The traveler who’s just climbed a steep mountain sits down at the top, and finds perfect pleasure in resting. Would he be as happy, if he were forced to do nothing but rest?”

63. “The traveler who’s just climbed a steep mountain sits down at the top, and finds perfect pleasure in resting. Would he be as happy, if he were forced to do nothing but rest?”

Stendhal Quote: “In a word, the very quality which made Julien into a superior being was precisely that which prevented him from savoring the happiness which was placed within his grasp.”

64. “In a word, the very quality which made Julien into a superior being was precisely that which prevented him from savoring the happiness which was placed within his grasp.”

Stendhal Quote: “A novel is a mirror travelling down the road.”

65. “A novel is a mirror travelling down the road.”

Stendhal Quote: “The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.”

66. “The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.”

Stendhal Quote: “Puns are incompatible with murder.”

67. “Puns are incompatible with murder.”

Stendhal Quote: “Thieves! Thieves!’ he was now shouting in French. In despair, not so much over the loss of his horse as over the betrayal, he collapsed at the edge of the ditch, exhausted and dreadfully hungry. If his lovely horse had been stolen from him by the enemy he would not have given it a second thought; but to be betrayed and robbed by that sergeant he liked so much and those hussars he thought of as his brothers! That was what broke his heart.”

68. “Thieves! Thieves!’ he was now shouting in French. In despair, not so much over the loss of his horse as over the betrayal, he collapsed at the edge of the ditch, exhausted and dreadfully hungry. If his lovely horse had been stolen from him by the enemy he would not have given it a second thought; but to be betrayed and robbed by that sergeant he liked so much and those hussars he thought of as his brothers! That was what broke his heart.”

Stendhal Quote: “All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.”

69. “All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.”

Stendhal Quote: “The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.”

70. “The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.”

Stendhal Quote: “Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.”

71. “Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.”

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