petty despotisms reduce to nothing the value of public opinion. - Stendhal

I became merry or rather I acquired the art of appearing so.

C'est la violente impression du laid sur une âme faite pour aimer ce qui est beau.

In another moment she had torn herself from his arms, lighted the candle, and Julien had all the difficulty in the world in preventing her from cutting off all one side of her hair. “I wish to remind myself,” she told him, “that I am your servant: should my accursed pride ever make me forget it, show me these locks and say: “There is no question now of love, we are not concerned with the emotion that your heart may be feeling at this moment, you have sworn to obey, obey upon your honour.