In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune… - Stendhal

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In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way.

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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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It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now.

Pierdut într-o visare nedeslușită și blânda, atât de străina firii lui, strângând încetișor mâna care îi plăcea pentru ca i se părea de o frumusețe desăvârșita, el asculta ca în vis freamătul frunzelor de tei foșnind la adierea nopții, si hămăitul câinilor de la moara de pe Doubs.

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.

In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way. - Stendhal

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