Je soutenais qu'un grand tiers du mérite de sir Walter Scott était dû à un secrétaire qui lui ébauchait les descriptions de paysage en présence de la… - Stendhal

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Je soutenais qu'un grand tiers du mérite de sir Walter Scott était dû à un secrétaire qui lui ébauchait les descriptions de paysage en présence de la nature. Je le trouvais comme le je trouve, faible en peinture de passion, en connaissance du cœur humain. La postérité confirmera-t-elle le jugement des contemporains qui place le Baronnet Ultra immédiatement après Shakespeare.

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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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An absence of mistrust is not enough; there must be a weariness of mistrusting, and, as it were, courage must be impatient with the hazards of life. You are unconsciously bored by living without loving, and convinced in spite of yourself by the examples of others. You have overcome all life's fears, and are no longer content with the gloomy happiness which pride affords: you have conceived an ideal without knowing it.

Dar la ce bun să-i numim duşmanii prieteni? Lucrul acesta e urât, şi cu atât mai urât cu cât e mai adevărat. Şi totuşi, acolo se află singurii profesori de morală pe care îi avem, iar fără ei, ce ne-am face?

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...duelul nu e decât o ceremonie. Totul e ştiut dinainte, chiar şi ce trebuie să spui când cazi. Întins pe iarbă, cu mâna pe inimă, trebuie să rosteşti cuvinte mărinimoase de iertare pentru adversar şi câteva fraze pentru o iubită imaginară, sau care în ziua morţii sale se duce la bal ca să nu trezească bănuielile.

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