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Posséder n'est rien, c'est jouir qui fait tout. - Stendhal
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Posséder n'est rien, c'est jouir qui fait tout.
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About Stendhal
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.
Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Olof Johan Södermark (Public domain / CC0)
Also Known As
Pen Names:
Henri Stendhal
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Stendalis
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Louis Alexandre Bombet
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Anastase de Serpière
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Don Flegme
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William Crocodile
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Dominique
Alternative Names:
Henri Beyle
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Marie Henri Beyle
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Marie-Henri Beyle
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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.
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