Quotes by Madame De Stael

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.

#Women

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to...

#Women

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action

#Action, #Feelings, #Happiness

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

#Truth

Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory...

#Love

Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things...

#Knowledge

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

#Genius

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals

#Mind

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

#Madame De Stael

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

#Madame De Stael

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

#Madame De Stael

To understand everything makes one very indulgent.

#Madame De Stael