Stendhal Quotes

I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.

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The first virtue of a young man today - that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers - is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.

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