He [Napoleon] had the defect of all <i>parvenus</i> — that … - Stendhal

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He [Napoleon] had the defect of all parvenus — that of having too great an opinion of the class into which he had risen.

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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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Pen Names: Henri Stendhal • Stendalis • Louis Alexandre Bombet • Anastase de Serpière • Don Flegme • William Crocodile • Dominique

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

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Exalted by a sentiment of which she was proud, and that overcame all her arrogance, she was reluctant to let a moment of her life go by without occupying it with some remarkable deed.

Les signes ne peuvent pas figurer, dans un rapport d'espion, aussi avantageusement que des paroles.

Each man for himself in that desert of egoism which is called life.

He [Napoleon] had the defect of all <i>parvenus</i> — that of having too great an opinion of the class into which he had risen. - Stendhal

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