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In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Stendhal
Born: January 23, 1783
Died: March 23, 1842 (aged 59)
Bio: Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer.
Known for:
- The Red and the Black (1830)
- The Charterhouse of Parma (1839)
- Armance (1827)
- Lucien Leuwen
- Vanina Vanini (1829)
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