Author of quotes: Stendhal

The owners of the house, by their nature, were too proud and jaded, they were too accustomed, for the sake of entertainment, to humiliate people, so they did not have to count on true friends.

Of course, there are workers in Paris, but they huddle somewhere in the attics. As soon as I bring a person closer to me, he immediately rents himself an apartment in the mezzanine, and his wife appoints reception days, in other words, all the work, all the efforts go only to become a secular person or be known as such.

I care about the situation of my family and have considerable opportunities in this regard. I take care of my own pleasures, and this, of course, should come first - at least in my opinion.

Whoever was born a beggar will remain a beggar for the rest of his life.

Priests are the only educators of morality that the people have: what will happen to them without them? Will the newspaper ever replace the priest?

Wherever Providence throws you, your comrades will always hate you, and even if they pretend to be friends, it will be only in order to rather destroy you.

How often have I rejoiced in my arrogance that I am not like all these village youths! Well, now I've lived long enough in the world to understand that difference breeds hatred.

Our time, good God! Yes, this is the real Ark of the Covenant: woe to the one who touches it!

Why is it surprising if, in their view, a happy person is one who, firstly, had a good dinner, and then one who is dressed in a good dress?

The poor man pays for his indiscretion with starvation.

And what a hell of a job this is every minute hypocrisy! Yes, it will eclipse all the exploits of Hercules!

At any job you need people with a head, because you have to do the job.

I am alone in the world, no one cares about me. Everyone who succeeds before my eyes is distinguished by shamelessness and hardness of heart, but this is not at all in me. They hate me for my yielding kindness.

You seem to be accustomed to smiley faces, to true playgrounds of lies. The truth is harsh, sir. But isn't our destiny here on earth just as severe? You should zealously protect your consciousness, so that this weakness does not deceive it - excessive sensitivity to the vain pleasantness of the external.