“ The man who is born wretched stays wretched, and there you are. ”
Stendhal, The Red and the Black (1830). copy citation
| Author | Stendhal |
|---|---|
| Source | The Red and the Black |
| Topic | |
| Date | 1830 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Horace B. Samuel |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Red_and_the_Black |
Context
“A mason could become an officer then, could become a general then. One has seen such things."
"You go and see now. It's only the ragamuffins who leave for the army. Any one who has anything stays in the country here."
"The man who is born wretched stays wretched, and there you are."
"I say, is it true what they say, that the other is dead? " put in the third mason.
"Oh well, it's the 'big men' who say that, you see. The other one made them afraid."
"What a difference. How the fortification went ahead in his time.”
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