"The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man."

Stael, Germaine De on Desire
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"The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us."

Stael, Germaine De on Enthusiasm
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"Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it."

Stael, Germaine De on Genius
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"When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality."

Stael, Germaine De on Age and Aging
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"Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end."

Stael, Germaine De on Love
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"We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us."

Stael, Germaine De on Love
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"A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it."

Stael, Germaine De on Public Opinion
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"Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them."

Stael, Germaine De on Service
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"Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike."

Stael, Germaine De on Wit
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"The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it."

Stael, Germaine De on Conscience
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