The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
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.
More Madame de Stael Quotes
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When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self.
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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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To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased.
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A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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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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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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