Anne Louise Germaine de Staël Quotes
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Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Who understands much forgives much. To understand everything makes us very forgiving.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Men have made of Fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order to be made responsible for all their blunders.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Ought not every woman, like every man, to follow the bent of her own talents?
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Self-love, so sensitive in its own cause, has rarely any sympathy to spare for others.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
The search for the truth is the noblest of occupations, and its publication a duty.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Love is the whole history of a woman's life; it is but an episode in a man's.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël