Madame de Stael Quotes

French - Writer | April 22, 1766 - July 14, 1817

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

Madame de Stael

LoveLovingUsOurselvesLoves

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

Madame de Stael

LifeSufferingBoredomChooseMust

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

Madame de Stael

HappinessActionFeelingsGreatest

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

MistakeImpossibleVoiceEasyClear

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

Madame de Stael

ProgressMindHumanAlwaysSpirals

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

WomanManDesire

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

Madame de Stael

WitDifferenceThingsAlikeLies

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

Madame de Stael

TruthManTruth IsSearchDuty

Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.

Madame de Stael

LifeLoveHistoryWomanManLove Is

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

Madame de Stael

PowerProgressManMoralHimMust

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.

Madame de Stael

KnowingWitDifferenceThingsAlike

The more I see of men the more I like dogs.

Madame de Stael

MenMoreDogsSeeI SeeLike

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