Pendants have for two thousand years reiterated the notion that women have a more lively spirit, men more solidity; that women have more delicacy in … - Stendhal

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Pendants have for two thousand years reiterated the notion that women have a more lively spirit, men more solidity; that women have more delicacy in their ideas and men greater power of attention. A Paris idler who once took a walk in the Versailles Gardens concluded that, judging from all he saw, the trees grow ready trimmed.

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Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 – March 23, 1842), more widely known as Stendhal, the most famous of his many pen-names, was a 19th century French writer.

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Alternative Names: Henri Beyle Marie Henri Beyle Marie-Henri Beyle
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