Stendhal Quote

The nervous fluid in man is consumed by the brain; in woman, by the heart: it is there that they are the most sensitive.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


The nervous fluid in man is consumed by the brain; in woman, by the heart: it is there that they are the most sensitive.

The nervous fluid in man is consumed by the brain; in woman, by the heart: it is there that they are the most sensitive.

The nervous fluid in man is consumed by the brain; in woman, by the heart: it is there that they are the most sensitive.

The nervous fluid in man is consumed by the brain; in woman, by the heart: it is there that they are the most sensitive.