That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
MADAME DE STAELA religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
More Madame de Stael Quotes
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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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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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The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
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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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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
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Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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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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Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
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