Politics in the middle of things that concern the imagination are like a pistol-shot in… — Stendhal
Politics in the middle of things that concern the imagination are like a pistol-shot in the middle of a concert.
In the original French
La politique au milieu des interets d'imagination, c'est un coup de pistolet au milieu d'un concert.
The Red and the Black · 1830
★ 1.1Provenance
Current citation
Stendhal. The Red and the Black, translated by Catherine Slater. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2, ch. 22.
Original citation
Stendhal. Le Rouge et le Noir: Chronique du XIXe siècle [The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the 19th Century]. Vol. 2, Paris: A. Levasseur, c. 1830, ch. 22.
