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

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

- Madame de Stael

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.

- Madame de Stael

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

- 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

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

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

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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