Madame de Stael Quotes

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

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

LoveFearTimeBeginningMemoryEnd

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

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UnderstandingVeryIndulgentMakes

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

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MysteryConnectionExistenceFaults

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

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PowerGeniusInnocenceNobleCandor

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

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GoodSweetGrowWillSowThem

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

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LifeStruggleLife Is AReligious

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

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WomenMenSelfishnessWeakBecause

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

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ArtThoughtsPolitenessYourAmong

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.

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GodEnthusiasmUsSenseGreeksWord

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Madame de Stael

CreativeGeniusIndividualWhoBears

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.

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WomanManOpinionFlyFaceKnow

That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.

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PastForwardPresentSomeBefore

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