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Quotes by Madame de Staël
And all the bustle of departure-sometimes sad, sometimes intoxicating-just as fear or hope may be inspired by the new chances of coming destiny.— filed under Devil, The
Only the refined and delicate pleasures that spring from research and education can build up barriers between different ranks.— filed under Education
The more we know, the better we forgive; Whoe'er feels deeply, feels for all who live.— filed under Fortune
Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it.— filed under Genius
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. C.— filed under Genius
Affections. Be happy, but be happy through piety.— filed under Happiness
Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end. MADAME DE STAËL Corinne. Bk. VIII. Ch. II. Where we really love, we often dread more than we desire the solemn moment that exchanges hope for certainty.— filed under Love
Misfortune had conquered her, how true it is, that sooner or later the most rebellious must bow beneath the same yoke.— filed under Moderation
I learnt life from the poets.— filed under Poets
A happy accident.— filed under Proverbs
Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.— filed under Quality
A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.— filed under Religion
Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the vivacity of earthly desires that we become superstitious; it is, on the contrary, by the sacrifice of these desires that we become religious.— filed under Sweetness
trans. (Revised by Buckley.) Truth and, by consequence, liberty, will always be the chief power of honest men.— filed under Truth