Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
MADAME DE STAELSearch for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
MADAME DE STAELThe checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
MADAME DE STAELTo be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
MADAME DE STAELWit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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.
MADAME DE STAELWit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
MADAME DE STAELOne must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
MADAME DE STAELPrayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self.
MADAME DE STAELThe more I see of men the more I like dogs.
MADAME DE STAELLove is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
MADAME DE STAELThe sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
MADAME DE STAELInnocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
MADAME DE STAELLove is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s.
MADAME DE STAELThe 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.
MADAME DE STAELWe cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
MADAME DE STAELWhen one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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