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

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...

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...

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

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

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the...

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the...

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...

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,...

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than 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...

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all...

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all...

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...

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a...

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a...

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which...

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which...