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 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.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

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...

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

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...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

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...

Even a very small degree of hope is enough to cause the birth of love.

Even a very small degree of hope is enough to cause the birth of love.

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

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his...

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his...

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

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...

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude - except character.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own...

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own...

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We...

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We...