Stendhal Quote

The dinner was indifferent and the conversation irritating. "It's like the table of contents of a dull book," thought Julien. "All the greatest subjects of human thought are proudly displayed in it. Listen to it for three minutes, and you ask yourself which is more striking, the emphasis of the speaker or his shocking ignorance."


Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) (1830)


The dinner was indifferent and the conversation irritating. It's like the table of contents of a dull book, thought Julien. All the greatest subjects ...

The dinner was indifferent and the conversation irritating. It's like the table of contents of a dull book, thought Julien. All the greatest subjects ...

The dinner was indifferent and the conversation irritating. It's like the table of contents of a dull book, thought Julien. All the greatest subjects ...

The dinner was indifferent and the conversation irritating. It's like the table of contents of a dull book, thought Julien. All the greatest subjects ...