Quotes by Stael, Germaine De

"The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man."

Stael, Germaine De on desire
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"The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us."

Stael, Germaine De on enthusiasm   

"Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it."

Stael, Germaine De on genius   

"When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality."

Stael, Germaine De on age and aging   

"Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end."

Stael, Germaine De on love
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"We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us."

Stael, Germaine De on love
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"A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it."

Stael, Germaine De on public opinion   

"Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them."

Stael, Germaine De on service   

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"Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike."

Stael, Germaine De on wit   

"The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it."

Stael, Germaine De on science