Stendhal

“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 boredom.”

“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.”

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

“Only great minds can afford a simple style.”

“To describe happiness is to diminish it.”

“A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.”

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

“True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.”

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

“People happy in love have an air of intensity.”

“Friendship has its illusions no less than love.”

“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.”

“The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.”

“In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future.”