The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
MADAME DE STAELWit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
More Madame de Stael Quotes
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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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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
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Love is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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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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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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