Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
MADAME DE STAELOne must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
More Madame de Stael Quotes
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The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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The more I see of men the more I like dogs.
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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.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
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A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
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When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self.
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