82 quotes found
Writer · French · 1783–1842
French writer (1783–1842)
“Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us.”
“Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.”
“One can acquire everything in solitude but character.”
“If you want to be witty work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.”
“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.”
“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.”
“To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.”
“If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us”
“There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.”
“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love”
“Chélan had acted as imprudently for Julien as he had for himself. He had given him the habit of reasoning correctly, and of not being put off by empty words, but he had neglected to tell him that t...”
“They were completely vague. They expressed everything and nothing. 'It is the Æolian harp of style,' thought Julien. 'Amid the most lofty thoughts about annihilation, death, the infinite, etc., I c...”
“In Paris, Julien’s position with regard to Madame de Renal would very soon have been simplified; but in Paris love is the child of the novels. The young tutor and his timid mistress would have foun...”
“Revenir souvent ici (sur le lac de Côme) est comme une goutte de poison ; ça donne envie de ne jamais partir.”
“Presque tous les malheurs de la vie viennent des fausses idées que nous avons sur ce qui nous arrive. Connaître à fond les hommes, juger sainement des événements, est donc un grand pas vers le bonh...”
“Comme homme, j'ai le cœur 3 ou 4 fois moins sensible, parce que j'ai 3 ou 4 fois plus de raison et d'expérience du monde, ce que vous autres femmes appelez dureté de cœur.Comme homme, j'ai la resso...”
“Je ne vois qu'une règle: être clair. Si je ne suis pas clair, tout mon monde est anéanti.”
“Le même esprit ne dure que deux cents ans.”
“Ce sera la noblesse de leur style qui, dans quarante ans, rendra illisibles nos écrivains de 1840.”
