The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
MADAME DE STAELThat past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.
More Madame de Stael Quotes
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
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Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
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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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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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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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The more I see of men the more I like dogs.
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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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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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