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When loving hearts are separated, it is not the one who is exhaled to heaven, but the survivor, who tastes the sting of death


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OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I wouldn't wish overnight success on anyone. You have no real friends. Everyone works endless ho...
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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
MADAME DE STAEL Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
MADAME DE STAEL That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself foun...
MADAME DE STAEL Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
MADAME DE STAEL Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are...
MADAME DE STAEL A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
MADAME DE STAEL Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one pr...
MADAME DE STAEL To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
MADAME DE STAEL Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things ...
MADAME DE STAEL Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.
MADAME DE STAEL Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
MADAME DE STAEL Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
MADAME DE STAEL The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it...
MADAME DE STAEL Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the check...
MADAME DE STAEL We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
MADAME DE STAEL One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
MADAME DE STAEL Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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