| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 55758 |
| QUOTATION: | I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (17831842), French author. letter, Oct. 29, 1808, to his sister Pauline. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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