Anne Louise Germaine de Staël Quotes
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She wished all the faculties she did not share to be looked on as diseases.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
O Earth! all bathed with blood and tears, yet never
Hast thou ceased putting forth thy fruit and flowers.
Hast thou ceased putting forth thy fruit and flowers.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
When once enthusiasm has been turned into ridicule, everything is undone except money and power.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
There is always something in a man's success with a woman which is displeasing even to his best friends.
Variant translation: The success of any man, with any woman, is apt to displease even his best friends.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël