Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
MADAME DE STAELIn matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
More Madame de Stael Quotes
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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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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Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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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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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.
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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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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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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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