Author: Madame de Stael

Quotes

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

- Madame de Stael

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

- Madame de Stael

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.

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

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

- 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

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

- Madame de Stael

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

- 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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