Madame de Stael
Madame de Stael
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French woman of letters of Swiss origin whose lifetime overlapped with the events of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era. She was one of Napoleon's principal opponents. Celebrated for her conversational eloquence, she participated actively in the political and intellectual life of her times. Her works, both critical and fictional, made their mark on the history of European Romanticism...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 April 1766
CountryFrance
Courage of soul is necessary for the triumphs of genius.
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
Liberty is the only idea which circulates with the human blood, in all ages, in all countries, and in all literature - liberty that is, and what cannot be separated from liberty, a love of country.
The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns.
The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
Who understands much, forgives much.
Speech happens to not be his language.
However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom.
Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not to write at all.
To live beneath sorrow, one must yield to it.