The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action.
MADAME DE STAELWit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
More Madame de Stael Quotes
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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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 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.
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Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
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Love is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s.
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The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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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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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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A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
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