“Our true passions are selfish.”

—  Stendhal , book The Red and the Black

Les vraies passions sont égoïstes.
Vol. I, ch. XXI
Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) (1830)

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Les vraies passions sont égoïstes.

Le Rouge et le Noir, 1830

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