"She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?"
"One can acquire everything in solitude except character."
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Source: De l'Amour fragment 1 (1822)
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Stendhal was a French writer known for his exploration of love and human emotion, particularly in his notable work 'On Love'.
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