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Stendhal, born Marie-Henri Beyle, was a prominent 19th-century French novelist and literary critic. Known for his profound psychological portrayals and unique narrative style, his works include masterpieces such as 'The Red and the Black' and 'The Charterhouse of Parma'. Stendhal was born on January 23, 1783, and died on March 23, 1842.

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“Jean Jacques Rousseauis nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not understand it, and approached it with the heart of an upstart flunkey.... For all his preaching a Republic and the overthrow of monarchical titles, the upstart is mad with joy if a Duke alters the course of his after-dinner stroll to accompany one of his friends.”

Ifs Heart Eye Joy Courses Politics Society Fool Mad Dinner Titles Republic Preaching Accompany Dukes Criticise Upstart

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“Why not make an end of it all?... My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings.... What is death?... A very small matter,when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.”

Said Ends Matter Feelings Would Be Life Is Grief Fool Concerned Suicide Bitter Why Not Succession

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“For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should find pleasure in shedding tears? That I should love the man who proves to me that I am nothing more than a fool?”

Men Should Said Character Pleasure Tears Fool Prove Elements Rely Tested Prove To Me Shedding Tears

Book:The Red and the Black

Source: The Red and the Black

“The ordinary procedure of the nineteenth century is that when a powerful and noble personage encounters a man of feeling, he kills, exiles, imprisons or so humiliates him that the other, like a fool, dies of grief.”

Men Feelings Dies Powerful Grief Century Fool Ordinary Noble Encounters Exile Procedures Nineteenth Century Humiliate Genuineness

Book:The Red and the Black

Source: The Red and the Black

“Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.”

Fool Desert Selfishness

Book:The Red and the Black

Source: The Red and the Black

“A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.”

Said Matter Would Be Fool Concerned

Book:Armance

Source: Armance

About the Author

Born: January 23, 1783
Died: March 23, 1842
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 165

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The Red and the BlackRelated source material

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