One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
MADAME DE STAELOne must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
MADAME DE STAELInnocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
MADAME DE STAELThe 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 STAELThe mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
MADAME DE STAELLove is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s.
MADAME DE STAELThe checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
MADAME DE STAELScientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
MADAME DE STAELPrayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self.
MADAME DE STAELTo be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
MADAME DE STAELGenius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
MADAME DE STAELThe desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
MADAME DE STAELSearch for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
MADAME DE STAELMen err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
MADAME DE STAELThe sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
MADAME DE STAELWhen one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
MADAME DE STAELWe cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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