Stendhal

Stendhal

Biography Stendhal (1783 - 1842)

French writer

Also called: Henri-Marie Beyle.
Was born on 23 jan 1783.
Died on 23 mar 1842, at 59 years old.
Origin country France
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Henri-Marie Beyle better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839).
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Stendhal

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

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Stendhal

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.

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Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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Almost all misfortunes are coming from the false ideas we...

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