The more I see of men the more I like dogs.
MADAME DE STAEL
MADAME DE STAEL
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Madame de StaelMadame de Stael Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael Love is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
Madame de StaelMadame de Stael Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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