Author: Madame de Stael

Quotes

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

- Madame de Stael

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

- Madame de Stael

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

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

- Madame de Stael

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.

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

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

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

- Madame de Stael

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

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

- Madame de Stael

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

- Madame de Stael

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

- Madame de Stael

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

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

- Madame de Stael

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