Quotes by Madame de Stael

Madame de Staël, born Anne-Louise Germaine Necker in 1766, was a pioneering French-Swiss writer and intellectual whose influence shaped the literary and political landscape of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A prominent figure in the salons of Paris, she championed Enlightenment ideals and advocated for women's rights through her works, including “De l'Allemagne” and “Corinne.” Her eloquent critique of Napoleon's regime and fervent promotion of Romanticism cemented her legacy as a formidable thinker who bridged the worlds of literature and politics.

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"Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end."

Madame de Stael

"One must choose in life between boredom and suffering."

Madame de Stael

"We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us."

Madame de Stael

"In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable."

Madame de Stael

"The more I see of men the more I like dogs."

Madame de Stael

"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

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