Stendhal Quotes

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

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

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

Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

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

“There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.”

Quotes by Stendhal