More quotes by Stendhal

"A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love."
"Friendship has its illusions no less than love."
"In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future."
"A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love."
"God's only excuse is that he does not exist"