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Type: Writer Quotes Category: French Writer Quotes Date of Birth: April 22, 1766 Date of Death: July 14, 1817 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Madame de Stael Related Authors: Francois de La Rochefoucauld Voltaire Joseph Joubert Simone de Beauvoir Nicolas de Chamfort Stendhal Andre Maurois |
A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
Madame de Stael A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. Madame de Stael Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. Madame de Stael In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable. Madame de Stael Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. Madame de Stael Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end. Madame de Stael Love is the emplem of eternity; it confounds all notions of time; effaces all memory of begining, all fear of an end. Madame de Stael Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's. Madame de Stael Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak. Madame de Stael One must chose in life between boredom and suffering. Madame de Stael One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering. Madame de Stael Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. Madame de Stael Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. Madame de Stael Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened. Madame de Stael Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. Madame de Stael Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them. Madame de Stael Speech happens to not be his language. Madame de Stael The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man. Madame de Stael The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action. Madame de Stael The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals. Madame de Stael The more I see of men the more I like dogs. Madame de Stael The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. Madame de Stael The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. Madame de Stael The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. Madame de Stael To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent. Madame de Stael To understand everything makes one very indulgent. Madame de Stael We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us. Madame de Stael Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike. Madame de Stael |
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