Anne Louise Germaine de Staël Quote

New doctrines ever displease the old. They like to fancy that the world has been losing wisdom, instead of gaining it, since they were young.


Corinne, or Italy (1807)


New doctrines ever displease the old. They like to fancy that the world has been losing wisdom, instead of gaining it, since they were young.

New doctrines ever displease the old. They like to fancy that the world has been losing wisdom, instead of gaining it, since they were young.

New doctrines ever displease the old. They like to fancy that the world has been losing wisdom, instead of gaining it, since they were young.

New doctrines ever displease the old. They like to fancy that the world has been losing wisdom, instead of gaining it, since they were young.