Une autre soif lui était venue, celle des femmes, du luxe et de tout ce que comporte l’existence parisienne. Il se sentait quelque peu étourdi, comme un homme qui descend d’un vaisseau; et, dans l’hal...
There is a place they call La Pature, on the top of the hill, on the edge of the forest. Sometimes, on Sundays, I go and stay there with a book, watching the sunset.
The new delight of independence soon made his loneliness bearable.
The most exaggerated speeches usually hid the weakest of feelings - as though the fullness of the soul did not overflow into the emptiest phrases, since no one can ever express the exact measure of hi...
Such killings were part of the natural order of things, an inevitable consequence of belonging to a royal household.
Standing side by side, on some rising ground, they felt, as they drank in the air, the pride of a life more free penetrating into the depths of their souls, with a superabundance of energy, a joy whic...
Some details escaped her, but the regret remained with her.
So far as Emma was concerned she did not ask herself whether she was in love. Love, she thought, was something that must come suddenly, with a great display of thunder and lightning, descending on one...
Saadete rast gelinir bir gün, diye tekrarladı; ansızın, tam ümitsizliğe düşüldüğü bir günde. O zaman ufuklar aralanır, sanki, İşte o! diyen bir sestir bu. O kimseye içinizi dökmek, her şeyinizi vermek...
Rien ne vaut les souvenirs et les illusions de l'adolescence.
Quel bonheur dans ce temps-là ! quelle liberté ! quel espoir ! quellle abondance d’illusions ! Il n’en restait plus maintenant ! Elle en avait dépensé à toutes les aventures de son âme, par toutes les...
Quant à Emma, elle ne s’interrogea point pour savoir si elle l’aimait. L’amour, croyait-elle, devait arriver tout à coup, avec de grands éclats et des fulgurations, – ouragan des cieux qui tombe sur l...
Quand on se compare à ce qui vous entoure, on s'admire ; mais quand on lève les yeux plus haut, vers les maîtres, vers l'absolu, vers le rêve, comme on se méprise !
Qu'importent nos ennuis, nos défaillances, la lenteur d'exécution et le dégoût de l'oeuvre ensuite, si nous sommes toujours en progrès ! Si nous montons, qu'importe le but ! Si nous galopons, qu'imp...
Pero la denigración de las personas a quienes amamos siempre nos aleja de ellas un poco. No hay que tocar a los ídolos; su dorado se nos queda en las manos.
Perciò rinunciava al flauto, ai sentimenti esaltati, all'immaginazione; poiché ogni borghese, nel calore della gioventù, almeno per un giorno, per un minuto, si è sentito capace d'immense passioni, di...
Pentru el, universul nu era mai mare decat circumferinta matasoasa a fustei ei; isi reprosa ca n-o iubeste, i se facea dor s-o vada iar; si se intorcea repede, urca scara cu inima batand. Emma, in cam...
Pellerin used to read every available book on aesthetics, in the hope of discovering the true theory of Beauty, for he was convinced that once he had found it he would be able to paint masterpieces.
Open them, weak yet proud man, pitiful ant that struggles to crawl over itsspeck of dust! You declare yourself free and great, and for all the wretchedness ofyour life you hold yourself in high esteem...
One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.