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Madame De Stael quotes: The last steps of life are ever slow and difficult. The last steps of life are ever slow and difficult.
Madame De Stael quotes: Thought can never be compared with action, but when it awakens in us the image of truth. Thought can never be compared with action, but when it awakens in us the image of truth.
Madame De Stael quotes: To live beneath sorrow, one must yield to it. To live beneath sorrow, one must yield to it.
Madame De Stael quotes: And all the bustle of departure - sometimes sad, sometimes intoxicating - just as fear or hope may be inspired by the new chances of coming destiny. And all the bustle of departure - sometimes sad, sometimes intoxicating - just as fear or hope may be inspired by the new chances of coming destiny.
Madame De Stael quotes: Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society. Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society.
Madame De Stael quotes: Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's. Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.
Madame De Stael quotes: Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks. Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks.
Madame De Stael quotes: One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
Madame De Stael quotes: What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it. What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.
Madame De Stael quotes: Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power. Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.
Madame De Stael quotes: Women have no existence except in love; the history of their life begins and ends with love! Women have no existence except in love; the history of their life begins and ends with love!
Madame De Stael quotes: Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
Madame De Stael quotes: There is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep. There is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.
Madame De Stael quotes: Be happy, but be happy through piety. Be happy, but be happy through piety.
Madame De Stael quotes: In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable. In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
Madame De Stael quotes: Love which is only an episode in the life of men, is the entire history of the life of women. Love which is only an episode in the life of men, is the entire history of the life of women.
Madame De Stael quotes: The most careful reasoning characters are very often the most easily abashed. The most careful reasoning characters are very often the most easily abashed.
Madame De Stael quotes: Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Madame De Stael quotes: When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
Madame De Stael quotes: How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune! How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune!
Madame De Stael quotes: Love is the symbol of eternity. Love is the symbol of eternity.
Madame De Stael quotes: It is difficult to grow old gracefully. It is difficult to grow old gracefully.
Madame De Stael quotes: The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live. The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.
Madame De Stael quotes: Inventiveness is childish, practice sublime. Inventiveness is childish, practice sublime.
Madame De Stael quotes: Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today. Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today.
Madame De Stael quotes: The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
Madame De Stael quotes: Glory can be for a woman but the brilliant morning of happiness. Glory can be for a woman but the brilliant morning of happiness.
Madame De Stael quotes: A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it. A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
Madame De Stael quotes: Life, for me, is living among my friends. Life, for me, is living among my friends.
Madame De Stael quotes: There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it. There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it.
Madame De Stael quotes: Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak. Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
Madame De Stael quotes: Why shouldn't man be as angry about not having always been alive as about having to stop being alive? Why shouldn't man be as angry about not having always been alive as about having to stop being alive?
Madame De Stael quotes: The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.
Madame De Stael quotes: Unhappy love freezes all our affections: our own souls grow inexplicable to us. More than we gained while we were happy we lose by the reverse. Unhappy love freezes all our affections: our own souls grow inexplicable to us. More than we gained while we were happy we lose by the reverse.
Madame De Stael quotes: A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life. A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life.
Madame De Stael quotes: [On Italian:] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers. [On Italian:] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers.
Madame De Stael quotes: The world is the work of a single thought, expressed in a thousand different ways. The world is the work of a single thought, expressed in a thousand different ways.
Madame De Stael quotes: That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it. That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
Madame De Stael quotes: Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry. Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.
Madame De Stael quotes: Love is admiring with the heart. And admiring is loving with the mind. Love is admiring with the heart. And admiring is loving with the mind.
Madame De Stael quotes: The mind's pleasures are made to calm the tempests of the heart. The mind's pleasures are made to calm the tempests of the heart.
Madame De Stael quotes: The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation. The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.
Madame De Stael quotes: Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike. Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
Madame De Stael quotes: Never, never have I been loved as I love others! Never, never have I been loved as I love others!
Madame De Stael quotes: In women's destiny everything goes downhill except for thought, whose immortal nature it is to keep constantly rising. In women's destiny everything goes downhill except for thought, whose immortal nature it is to keep constantly rising.
Madame De Stael quotes: I do not want an echo of myself from my children. I do not want to hear from them merely the reverberation of my own voice. I do not want an echo of myself from my children. I do not want to hear from them merely the reverberation of my own voice.
Madame De Stael quotes: The study of history, it seems to me, leads to the conviction that all important events tend toward the same end - the civilization of mankind. The study of history, it seems to me, leads to the conviction that all important events tend toward the same end - the civilization of mankind.
Madame De Stael quotes: One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering. One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering.
Madame De Stael quotes: The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns. The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns.
Madame De Stael quotes: A perfect piece of architecture kindles that aimless reverie, which bears the soul we know not whither. A perfect piece of architecture kindles that aimless reverie, which bears the soul we know not whither.
Madame De Stael quotes: Morality must guide calculation, and calculation must guide politics. Morality must guide calculation, and calculation must guide politics.
Madame De Stael quotes: Between God and love, I recognize no mediator but my conscience ... Between God and love, I recognize no mediator but my conscience ...
Madame De Stael quotes: There is no second country for an Englishman, except a ship and the sea. There is no second country for an Englishman, except a ship and the sea.
Madame De Stael quotes: Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness. Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.
Madame De Stael quotes: The more I see of men the more I like dogs. The more I see of men the more I like dogs.
Madame De Stael quotes: The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals. The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
Madame De Stael quotes: Life resembles Gobelin tapestry; you do not see the canvass on the right side; but when you turn it, the threads are visible. Life resembles Gobelin tapestry; you do not see the canvass on the right side; but when you turn it, the threads are visible.
Madame De Stael quotes: Ought not every woman, like every man, to follow the bent of her own talents? Ought not every woman, like every man, to follow the bent of her own talents?
Madame De Stael quotes: What is love, if it can calculate and provide against its own decay? What is love, if it can calculate and provide against its own decay?
Madame De Stael quotes: The education of life perfects the thinking mind, but depraves the frivolous. The education of life perfects the thinking mind, but depraves the frivolous.
Madame De Stael quotes: Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight ... Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight ...
Madame De Stael quotes: [The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness. [The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.
Madame De Stael quotes: A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
Madame De Stael quotes: Prayer is the life of the soul. Prayer is the life of the soul.
Madame De Stael quotes: The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both. The people are as severe toward the clergy as toward women; they want to see absolute devotion to duty from both.
Madame De Stael quotes: Happy the land where the writers are sad, the merchants satisfied, the rich melancholic, and the populace content. Happy the land where the writers are sad, the merchants satisfied, the rich melancholic, and the populace content.
Madame De Stael quotes: Danger is like wine, it goes to your head. Danger is like wine, it goes to your head.
Madame De Stael quotes: Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman. Purity of mind and conduct is the first glory of a woman.
Madame De Stael quotes: Whatever is natural admits of variety. Whatever is natural admits of variety.
Madame De Stael quotes: One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life. One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.
Madame De Stael quotes: The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character. The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.
Madame De Stael quotes: Men have made of fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order that she may be made responsible for all their blunder's. Men have made of fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order that she may be made responsible for all their blunder's.
Madame De Stael quotes: The greater part of what women write about women is mere sycophancy to man. The greater part of what women write about women is mere sycophancy to man.
Madame De Stael quotes: As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely. As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Madame De Stael quotes: To pray together, in whatever tongue or ritual, is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life. To pray together, in whatever tongue or ritual, is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life.
Madame De Stael quotes: Music revives the recollections it would appease. Music revives the recollections it would appease.
Madame De Stael quotes: The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action. The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
Madame De Stael quotes: However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom. However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom.
Madame De Stael quotes: To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent. To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
Madame De Stael quotes: It is not enough to forgive; one must forget. It is not enough to forgive; one must forget.
Madame De Stael quotes: The universe is in France; outside it, there is nothing. The universe is in France; outside it, there is nothing.
Madame De Stael quotes: Speech happens to not be his language. Speech happens to not be his language.
Madame De Stael quotes: Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not to write at all. Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not to write at all.
Madame De Stael quotes: Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
Madame De Stael quotes: Atheism exists only in coldness, selfishness, and baseness. Atheism exists only in coldness, selfishness, and baseness.
Madame De Stael quotes: Providence protects us in all the details of our lot. Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.
Madame De Stael quotes: The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man. 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 quotes: Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable. Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable.
Madame De Stael quotes: [On Napoleon:] One has the impression of an imperious wind blowing about one's ears when one is near that man. [On Napoleon:] One has the impression of an imperious wind blowing about one's ears when one is near that man.
Madame De Stael quotes: O memory, thou bitter sweet,both a joy and a scourge! O memory, thou bitter sweet,
both a joy and a scourge!
Madame De Stael quotes: Beauty is one in the universe, and, whatever form it assumes, it always arouses a religious feeling in the hearts of mankind. Beauty is one in the universe, and, whatever form it assumes, it always arouses a religious feeling in the hearts of mankind.
Madame De Stael quotes: Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
Madame De Stael quotes: Truth and, by consequence, liberty, will always be the chief power of honest men. Truth and, by consequence, liberty, will always be the chief power of honest men.
Madame De Stael quotes: All music, even if its occasion be a gay one, renders us pensive. All music, even if its occasion be a gay one, renders us pensive.
Madame De Stael quotes: Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are strewn with them. Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are strewn with them.
Madame De Stael quotes: Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions. Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions.
Madame De Stael quotes: There is no reality on this earth except religion and the power of love; all the rest is even more fugitive than life itself. There is no reality on this earth except religion and the power of love; all the rest is even more fugitive than life itself.
Madame De Stael quotes: Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination. Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.
Madame De Stael quotes: The language of religion can alone suit every situation and every mode of feeling. The language of religion can alone suit every situation and every mode of feeling.
Madame De Stael quotes: It seems to me that we become more dear one to the other, in together admiring works of art, which speak to the soul by their true grandeur. It seems to me that we become more dear one to the other, in together admiring works of art, which speak to the soul by their true grandeur.

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