Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Quote by Stendhal

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If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is...

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is...

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for...

This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for...

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.

People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them...

People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them...

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or...

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or...

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something...

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something...

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

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

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

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable...

It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable...

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are...

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are...

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.