Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place? - Stendhal

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Napoleon was indeed the man sent by God to help the youth of France! Who is to take his place?

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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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"E' strano, il verbo "ghigliottinare" non si può coniugarlo in tutti i tempi; si può dire "io sarò ghigliottinato, tu sarai ghigliottinato", ma non si dice "io sono stato ghigliottinato". E perché no? — continuò Giuliano, — se c'è un'altra vita? ... In fede mia, se trovo il Dio dei cristiani sono perduto: è un despota, e, come tale, vendicativo; la sua Bibbia non parla che di punizioni atroci. Non l'ho mai amato, non ho nemmeno mai potuto credere che qualcuno lo ami sinceramente. E' senza pietà, — (e gli vennero in mente parecchi passi della Bibbia). — Mi punirà in un modo tremendo..."

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The pleasures and the cares of the luckiest ambition, even of limitless power, are nothing next to the intimate happiness that tenderness and love give. I am a man before being a prince, and when I have the good fortune to be in love my mistress addresses a man and not a prince.

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