To describe happiness is to diminish it.

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...

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 more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

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

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

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

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.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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...

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both...

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both...

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...

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

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

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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...

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

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

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

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.

We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety