Anne Louise Germaine de Staël - Morality Quotes

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If we would succeed in works of the imagination, we must offer a mild morality in the midst of rigid manners; but where the manners are corrupt, we must consistently hold up to view an austere morality.

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. Either morality is a fable, or the more enlightened we are, the more attached to it we become.

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

The pursuit of politics is religion, morality, and poetry all in one.

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

Morality and freedom are the only bases of the happiness and dignity of the human race.

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

Kindness and generosity... form the true morality of human actions.

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël