The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

Quote by Stendhal

Topics: Passion Quotes

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

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,...

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.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Our true passions are selfish.

Our true passions are selfish.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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

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

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.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the...

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the...

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

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

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...

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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, that even the strangest aberrations are no cure...

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

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a...

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.

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.