Madame de Stael Quotes - Page 8

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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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• Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.

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  Men, Imagination, Faculty

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

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  Politics, Morality, Pursuit

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• Conversation as talent exists only in France. In other countries, conversation provides politeness, discussion, and friendship; in France, it is an art for which imagination and soul are certainly very welcome, but which can also provide its own secret remedies to compensate you for the absence of either or both, if you so desire.

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  Country, Art, Imagination

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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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• And all the bustle of departure - sometimes sad, sometimes intoxicating - just as fear or hope may be inspired by the new chances of coming destiny.

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  Travel, Destiny, Departure

  "Corinne" by Madame de Stael, Book X, Chapter VI, 1807.

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• What is love, if it can calculate and provide against its own decay?

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  What Is Love, Decay, Ifs

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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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• I desire no other proof of Christianity than the Lord's Prayer.

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  Prayer, Desire, Christianity

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