The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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 STAELThe desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
MADAME DE STAELWhen a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
MADAME DE STAELInnocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
MADAME DE STAELThe greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
MADAME DE STAELSpeech happens to not be his language.
MADAME DE STAELMen err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
MADAME DE STAELWit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
MADAME DE STAELLove is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s.
MADAME DE STAELIn matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
MADAME DE STAELA religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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 STAELGenius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
MADAME DE STAELWhen one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
MADAME DE STAELOne must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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