--- title: "1 Finds Joy Quotes By Stendhal" description: "1 Finds Joy quotes by Stendhal. Plus more from Stendhal and more Finds Joy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/stendhal-1379_art_the-man-of-genius-is-he-and-he-alone-who_266203.jpg" --- > [The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/the-man-of-genius-is-he-and-he-alone-who-finds-such-joy-in-his-art/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/stendhal-1379_art_the-man-of-genius-is-he-and-he-alone-who_266203.jpg) ## More by Stendhal > [At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/at-a-distance-we-cannot-conceive-of-the-authority-of-a-despot-who/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [The pleasures and the cares of the luckiest ambition, even of limitless power, are nothing next to the intimate happiness that tenderness and love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/the-pleasures-and-the-cares-of-the-luckiest-ambition-even-of/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/the-more-a-race-is-governed-by-its-passions-the-less-it-has-acquired/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/the-tyranny-of-public-opinion-and-what-an-opinion-is-as-fatuous-in/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/in-love-unlike-most-other-passions-the-recollection-of-what-you-have/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [“The footman burst in, announcing, 'Monsieur le Duc de ---.' 'Hold your tongue, you fool,' said the Duke as he entered the room. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/the-footman-burst-in-announcing-monsieur-le-duc-de-hold-your-tongue/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [Signs cannot be represented, in a spy's report, so damningly as words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/signs-cannot-be-represented-in-a-spy-s-report-so-damningly-as-words/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [“If you think of paying court to those in power, your eternal ruin is assured.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/if-you-think-of-paying-court-to-those-in-power-your-eternal-ruin-is/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [Your career will be a painful one. I divine something in you which offends the vulgar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/your-career-will-be-a-painful-one-i-divine-something-in-you-which/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/on-a-cold-winter-morning-a-cigar-fortifies-the-soul/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/a-forty-year-old-woman-is-only-something-to-men-who-have-loved-her-in/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [Perhaps men who cannot love passionately are those who feel the effect of beauty most keenly; at any rate this is the strongest impression…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/perhaps-men-who-cannot-love-passionately-are-those-who-feel-the/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/who-knows-whether-it-is-not-true-that-phosphorus-and-mind-are-not-the/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [“Could anything possibly be more humorous than believing in the depth or in the depravity of the Parisian character?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/could-anything-possibly-be-more-humorous-than-believing-in-the-depth/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/the-idea-which-tyrants-find-most-useful-is-the-idea-of-god/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finds-joy/stendhal/#itemlist", "name": "1 Finds Joy Quotes By Stendhal", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stendhal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/the-man-of-genius-is-he-and-he-alone-who-finds-such-joy-in-his-art/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/stendhal-1379_art_the-man-of-genius-is-he-and-he-alone-who_266203.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/stendhal-1379_art_the-man-of-genius-is-he-and-he-alone-who_266203.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/stendhal-1379_art_the-man-of-genius-is-he-and-he-alone-who_266203.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high…” — Stendhal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finds-joy/stendhal/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finds-joy/stendhal/", "name": "Finds Joy Quotes by Stendhal", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/finds-joy/stendhal/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/stendhal-1379_art_the-man-of-genius-is-he-and-he-alone-who_266203.jpg" }, "description": "1 Finds Joy quotes by Stendhal. 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