Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Quote by Stendhal

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The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the...

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the...

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.

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

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.

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...

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.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman,...

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman,...

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.

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

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...

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

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...

What is really beautiful must always be true.

What is really beautiful must always be true.