“Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.”
Stendhal (1783–1842) French writer
La beauté n'est que la promesse du bonheur.
Source: De L'Amour (On Love) (1822), Ch. 17, footnote
“Beauty is the promise of happiness.”
Actually by Stendhal: "La beauté n'est que la promesse du bonheur" (Beauty is no more than the promise of happiness), in De L'Amour (1822), chapter 17
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