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Stendhal · 1839
Canon spine row 94. Stendhal — Charterhouse of Parma. Era: 1839. Lang: French.
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Political ambition, erotic obsession, and clerical vocation tangle inextricably in Restoration Italy, revealing that passion always outranks prudence.
ambition-and-status
Mosca says to him: a proclamation, a caprice of the heart flings the enthusiast into the bosom of the party opposed to his own future sympathies.
CHART-RC-020I find a chance to make you a Bishop; in that Bishopric, far removed from our sage counsels, just tell us roughly what your policy will be.
CHART-RC-230It never entered his head to number among his faults the plan of becoming Archbishop simply because Conte Mosca was Prime Minister.
CHART-RC-256desire
Ferrante Palla has fallen passionately in love with her. The Duchessa has met him, has been moved. His own love therefore is hopeless.
CHART-RC-036At Bologna I fled from del Dongo; here I should be fleeing before a Prince. He might think that he had succeeded in making me afraid.
CHART-RC-278obedience-and-authority
Absolute Power has this advantage, that it sanctifies everything in the eyes of the public: what harm can there be in a thing that nobody notices?
CHART-RC-162Illuminates
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