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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
Search for the...
Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
Wit consists in...
Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are...
That past which...
That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past...
Genius is essentially...
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
When a noble...
When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of...
The more we...
The more we know, the better we forgive. Whoe'er feels deeply, feels for all that live.
The voice of...
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...
Wit lies in...
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...
The human mind...
The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
Source: In...
The success of...
The success of any man with any woman is apt to displease even his best friends.
Love is the...
Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an...
Innocence in genius,...
Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
Source: In...
One must choose...
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
Source: In The Speaker's...
The past which...
The past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past...
Sow good services:...
Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
Source: In
The desire of...
The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the...
Wit lies in...
Wit lies in recognising the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are...
Politeness is the...
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Source: In Words of Women...
A religious life...
A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
When a noble...
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of...