One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
StendhalRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote suggests that memories of past love can often feel more valuable and fulfilling than future possibilities.
Stendhal reflects on the nature of love, highlighting how the fond memories of a past relationship can create a sense of nostalgia that feels richer than any future romantic hope. It suggests that the emotional weight of what one has experienced can overshadow the uncertainties of what lies ahead in love, emphasizing the bittersweet nature of past relationships.
Themes
LoveMemoriesNostalgiaRelationshipsFuture
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about the profound impact of past relationships during a wedding toast.
More from Stendhal
All quotes βTrue love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.
StendhalRead
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.
StendhalRead
If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
StendhalRead
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
StendhalRead
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
StendhalRead
Similar quotes
But I didn't frame it; I put into an envelope and sealed it and stuffed it far back into a corner drawer of a filing cabinet. It's there, just in case one of these days I start to lose her. There might be a morning when I wake up and her face isn't the first thing I see. Or a lazy August afternoon when I can't quite recall anymore where the freckles were on her right shoulders. Maybe one of these days, I will not be able to listen to the sound of snow falling and hear her footsteps.
Jodi PicoultRead
May Thy Love shine forever on the sanctuary of my devotion. And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts.
Paramahansa YoganandaRead
My soul Is Naked. _x000D_ It wears The Transparent Garment Of Love.
RumiRead
Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help.
Marianne WilliamsonRead
life is a deep sleep of which love is the dream
Alfred De MussetRead
We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion are in out hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle
Nhat HanhRead