The first characteristic of Rossini's music is speed - a speed which removes from the soul all the sombre emotions that are so powerfully evoked within us by the slow strains in Mozart. I find also in Rossini a cool freshness, which, measure by measure, makes us smile with delight.
StendhalAt a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.
StendhalLove is like a fever which comes and goes quite independently of the will. ... there are no age limits for love.
Stendhal