For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should find pleasure in shedding tears? That I should love the man who proves to me that I am nothing more than a fool?
StendhalWar was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon's proclamations.
StendhalThe 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