The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music, which one hears for one's good as one approaches it.
• Bk. 4, ch. 3
• The idea that "architecture is frozen music" — an aphorism of disputed origin sometimes misattributed to de Staël — is found in a number of German writers of the period.
• Bk. 4, ch. 3
• The idea that "architecture is frozen music" — an aphorism of disputed origin sometimes misattributed to de Staël — is found in a number of German writers of the period.
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La vue d'un tel monument est comme une musique continuelle et fixée, qui vous attend pour vous faire du bien quand vous vous en approchez.
— Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "La vue d'un tel monument est comme une musique continuelle et fixée, qui vous attend pour vous faire du bien quand vous vous en approchez." in the context of "The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music, which one hears for one's good as one approaches it.
• Bk. 4, ch. 3
• The idea that "architecture is frozen music" — an aphorism of disputed origin sometimes misattributed to de Staël — is found in a number of German writers of the period." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Anne Louise Germaine de Staël" (Quotes, Corinne (1807))
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About Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766 – July 14, 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad, who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
About Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766 – July 14, 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad, who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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