Stendhal's most famous quotes (with their source)
The top 3 according to 12 votes from people: What I call crystallisation is the operation of the mind that draws from everything it meets the discovery that the beloved has new perfections. · Politics in the middle of matters of imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert. · True passions are selfish.. (Updated Mar 3, 2021.)
The novel as "a mirror walking along a main road", crystallisation, "beauty is only the promise of happiness" and "To the happy few": Stendhal's most quoted sentences, each with the book it comes from.
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Top 11
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What I call crystallisation is the operation of the mind that draws from everything it meets the discovery that the beloved has new perfections.
"On Love", 1822.
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2
Politics in the middle of matters of imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
"The Red and the Black", 1830.
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3
True passions are selfish.
"The Red and the Black", 1830.
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He who excuses himself accuses himself.
"The Red and the Black", 1830.
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5
I had reached that point of emotion where the heavenly sensations given by the fine arts meet passionate feeling.
"Rome, Naples and Florence", 1817, at Santa Croce in Florence: the origin of "Stendhal syndrome".
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6
The idea most useful to tyrants is that of God.
"The Red and the Black", 1830.
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7
To the happy few.
Last line of "The Charterhouse of Parma", 1839 (also at the end of "The Red and the Black").
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8
The worst misfortune in prison […] is not being able to close your door.
"The Red and the Black", 1830.
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9
The thought of privilege had withered that ever so delicate plant called happiness.
"The Charterhouse of Parma", 1839.
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10
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.
"The Red and the Black", 1830.
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11
Beauty is only the promise of happiness.
"On Love", 1822.
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