Author: Madame de Stael

Quotes

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

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves 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

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

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

- Madame de Stael

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

- Madame de Stael

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

- 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

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

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