Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike. MADAME DE STAEL AlikeAmongBetweenDifferLieRecognizeResemblamnceThingWit
When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. MADAME DE STAEL AgeDayDeclineFirstImmortalLifeNobelOld
Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike. MADAME DE STAEL AlikeConsistDifferDifferenceKnowResemblanceThingWit
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. MADAME DE STAEL BetweenChooseMustNorodomOneSuffer
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. MADAME DE STAEL DutyManNobbiestOccupationPublicationSearchTruth
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. MADAME DE STAEL CreativeEssentialGeniusIndividualPossessStamp
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. MADAME DE STAEL ClearConscienceDelicateEasyImpossibleMistakeStifieVoice
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. MADAME DE STAEL BetweenConnectionExistenceFaultMisfortuneMystery
Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them. MADAME DE STAEL GrowRemembranceServiceSowSweet
To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent. MADAME DE STAEL IndulgentMakeOneTotallyUnderstandVery
That 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 STAEL BeforeBroughtForwardFoundPastPresidentPresumptuouslySome
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. MADAME DE STAEL BeginningDestroyEndEternityFearLoveMemoryOutSenseSipeSymbolTime
Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man’s power is increased. MADAME DE STAEL IncreaseMamMoralNecessityPowerProgressScientific
The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals. MADAME DE STAEL AlwaysHumanMakeMindProgressSpiral
A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it. MADAME DE STAEL FaceFlyKnowManMustOpinionSubmitWoman
When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. MADAME DE STAEL OnePraySelfSource StrengthWhen
Love is the whole history of a woman’s life, it is but an episode in a man’s. MADAME DE STAEL EpisodeHistoryLifeLoveManWholeWoman
The greatest happiness is to transform one’s feelings into action. MADAME DE STAEL ActionFeelingGreatestHappinessTransform
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self. MADAME DE STAEL MeditationMorePrayerSelfSourceStrength
The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. MADAME DE STAEL AmongCountryDefinitionEffortEnthusiasmGodSenseSignifyWord
The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man. MADAME DE STAEL DesireLiveManWoman
The checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened. MADAME DE STAEL AbuseCheckMust StrengthenRestrain
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. MADAME DE STAEL AmongArtChoosePolitenessThought
