Stendhal Quote

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.


La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma) (1839)


At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.

At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.