#u

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth. ↗

— Stendhal

#loved #men #old woman #only #something

You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#lose #right #some #time #you

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured. ↗

— Stendhal

#court #eternal #men #paying #power

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one. ↗

— Stendhal

#been #business #i #important #important business

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it. ↗

— Stendhal

#often #pleasure #spoiled

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water. ↗

— Stendhal

#art #come #finds #genius #hell

What is really beautiful must always be true. ↗

— Stendhal

#be true #beautiful #must #really #true

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion. ↗

— Stendhal

#any #eagerly #emotion #lookout #women

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. ↗

— Stendhal

#appointment #happiness #never #should #unforeseen

I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase. ↗

— Stendhal

#gave #had #heard #i #i think