What is love, if it can calculate and provide against its own decay? Madame de Stael More Quotes by Madame de Stael More Quotes From Madame de Stael O Earth! All bathed with blood and tears, yet never, Hast thou ceased putting forth thy fruit and flowers. Madame de Stael flowerbloodyears Music revives the recollections it would appease. Madame de Stael reviverecollectionmusic I learn life from the poets. Madame de Stael poet A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. Madame de Stael hymnsreligiousstruggle A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it. Madame de Stael public-opinionfacesmen Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. Madame de Stael qualitynoblegenius Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's. Madame de Stael episodeslovemen Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions. Madame de Stael generositymoralitykindness One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. Madame de Stael boredomsufferinglife Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. Madame de Stael creativitycreativebears Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world. Madame de Stael givinginspirelife When at eve, at the bounding of the landscape, the heavens appear to recline so slowly on the earth, imagination pictures beyond the horizon an asylum of hope, - a native land of love; and nature seems silently to repeat that man is immortal. Madame de Stael naturelovemen However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom. Madame de Stael flowerwinterlove Speech happens to not be his language. Madame de Stael speechlanguagehappens Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius. Madame de Stael contemplationformgenius The greater part of what women write about women is mere sycophancy to man. Madame de Stael merewomenwriting Men do not change; they unmask themselves. Madame de Stael men That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it. Madame de Stael precedentpast The most careful reasoning characters are very often the most easily abashed. Madame de Stael reasoningcarefulcharacter 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. Madame de Stael departuredestinytravel
