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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.
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“Tout comprendre rend très-indulgent.”
“Men do not change; they unmask themselves.”
“L'admiration pour le beau se rapporte toujours à la Divinité.”
“Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.”
“Atheism exists only in coldness, selfishness, and baseness.”
“In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.”
“La religion n'est rien si elle n'est pas tout, si l'existence n'en est pas remplie.”
“La recherche de la vérité est la plus noble des occupations, et sa publication un devoir.”
“Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.”
“Life often seems like a long shipwreck, of which the débris are friendship, fame, and love.”
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Anne Louise Germaine de Staël on Genius 4 quotes
“Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.”
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël on Love 4 quotes
“Where we really love, we often dread more than we desire the solemn moment that exchanges hope for certainty.”
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël on Religion 2 quotes
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Anne Louise Germaine de Staël on Music
“Music revives the recollections it would appease.”
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël on Prejudice
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Frances Burney on Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
“Madame de Staël, daughter of M. Necker, is now at the head of the colony of French noblesse, established near Mickleham. She is one of the first women I have ever met with for abilities and extraordinary intellect.”
Gerda Lerner on Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
“Feminist literary critics have shown how in the 19th century women writers began to acknowledge women as their muses and their role models... Elizabeth Barrett Browning admired the work of George Sand and Mme. de Staël, while her work, in its turn, was an inspiration to Emily Dickinson. Margaret Fuller and Sarah Orne Jewett acknowledged their indebtedness to Mme. de Staël, the author of Corinne... The list could be indefinitely extended to show the almost desperate search of writing women for authoritative female predecessors.”
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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.