Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
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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