“What is really beautiful must always be true.”

—  Stendhal , book Armance

Ce qui est fort beau est nécessairement toujours vrai.
Source: Armance (1827), Ch. 6

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Ce qui est fort beau est nécessairement toujours vrai.

Armance (1827)

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