When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.
StendhalTo be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.
StendhalSometimes the impact of Mozart's music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.
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