In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
MADAME DE STAELThe desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
More Madame de Stael Quotes
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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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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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
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