Author: Madame de Stael

Quotes

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

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

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

- Madame de Stael

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

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

- Madame de Stael

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

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

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

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

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

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