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[The Germans] so easily confuse obstinacy with energy, and rudeness with firmness.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Germany (1813)
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Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
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Born:
April 22, 1766
Died:
July 14, 1817
(aged 51)
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