Madame de Stael Quotes - Page 8

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• Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.

  Madame de Stael

  Doe, Please, Assured

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• Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

  Madame de Stael

  Prayer, Self, Meditation

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• If it were not for respect for human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen.

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  Men, League, Genius

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• in Italy, almost at every step, history and poetry add to the graces of nature, sweeten the memory of the past, and seem to preserve it in eternal youth.

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  Memories, Past, Grace

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• Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.

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  Sight, Venice, Firsts

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• Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

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  Quality, Noble, Genius

  "Germany". Book by Madame de Stael, 1813.

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• A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

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  Religious, Struggle, Hymns

  "Corinne, or Italy". Book by Madame de Stael, 1807.

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• The study of history, it seems to me, leads to the conviction that all important events tend toward the same end - the civilization of mankind.

  Madame de Stael

  Civilization, Important Events, History

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

  Madame de Stael

  Politics, Morality, Pursuit

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• Courage of soul is necessary for the triumphs of genius.

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  Courage, Soul, Triumph

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• Music revives the recollections it would appease.

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  Music, Recollection, Revive

  "Corinne" by Madame de Stael, Book IX, Chapter II, 1807.

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