Stendhal
"A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."
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"A novel is a mirror walking along a main road."
"الرواية مرآة تسير على قارعة الطريق."
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The Red and the Black
"A good book is an event in my life."
"الكتاب الجيد حدث في حياتي."
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The Red and the Black
"Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?"
"إن في الإنسان لكينونتين متغايرتين. أي شيطان أبدع هذه اللمسة الخبيثة؟"
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The Red and the Black
"Mathilde made an effort to use the more intimate form; she was evidently more attentive to this unusual way of speaking than to what she was saying. This use of the singular form, stripped of the tone of affection, ceased, after a moment, to afford Julien any pleasure, he was astonished at the absence of happiness; finally, in order to feel it, he had recourse to his reason. He saw himself highly esteemed by this girl who was so proud, and never bestowed unrestricted praise; by this line of reasoning he arrived at a gratification of his self-esteem."
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1. **"Mathilde made an effort to use the more intimate form; she was evidently more attentive to this unusual way of speaking than to what she was saying."**
* "intimate form": Refers to the singular "tu" in French, as opposed to the formal "vous". This needs to be conveyed culturally in Arabic, perhaps by implying a shift from formal address to a more personal one, or by directly stating the use of a singular, more familiar pronoun. "صيغة المخاطبة الأقرب" or "صيغة المفرد الحميمية".
* "more attentive to this unusual way of speaking than to what she was saying": Implies her focus was on the *form* of address rather than the *content*. "كان اهتمامها منصبًا على هذه الطريقة غير المعتادة في الحديث أكثر مما كان على فحوى كلامها."
2. **"This use of the singular form, stripped of the tone of affection, ceased, after a moment, to afford Julien any pleasure, he was astonished at the absence of happiness;"**
* "stripped of the tone of affection": Crucial detail. It wasn't intimate *because* it lacked warmth. "مجردة من نبرة الود" or "خالية من أي إحساس بالمودة".
* "ceased... to afford Julien any pleasure": "لم تعد تمنح جوليان أي متعة".
* "astonished at the absence of happiness"
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The Red and the Black
"Love born in the brain is more spirited, doubtless, than true love, but it has only flashes of enthusiasm; it knows itself too well, it criticizes itself incessantly; so far from banishing thought, it is itself reared only upon a structure of thought."
"الحب الذي يولد في الدماغ أشد حيوية بلا شك من الحب الحقيقي، لكنه لا يملك إلا ومضات من الحماس؛ إنه يعرف نفسه جيداً، وينتقدها بلا انقطاع؛ فبدلاً من أن يطرد الفكر، هو نفسه قائم على صرح من الفكر."
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The Red and the Black
"The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly."
"كلما أرضى المرء الجميع، قلّ عمق رضاه."
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"Friendship has its illusions no less than love."
"للصداقة أوهامها، لا تقل عن أوهام الحب."
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"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."
"إن عبقري الفن هو وحده من يجد في إبداعه بهجة تدفعه للعمل فيه مهما اشتدت الصعاب."
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"Only great minds can afford a simple style."
"لا يملك أسلوبًا بسيطًا إلا العقول العظيمة."
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"All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few."
"تُبنى الأديان كلها على خوف الكثرة ودهاء القلة."
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"The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears."
"لذات الحب تتناسب طردًا مع مخاوفنا."
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"Power, after love, is the first source of happiness."
"القوة، بعد الحب، هي الينبوع الأول للسعادة."
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"The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music."
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"True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things."
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"To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face."
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"In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future."
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