Madame de Stael Quotes and Quotations
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike. Who understands much, forgives much. Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow from them. Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow from them. To pray together, in whatever tongue or ritual, is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life. The past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present was itself founded on some past that went before it. One must choose in life between boredom and suffering. Enthusiasm signifies God in us. Enthusiasm signifies God in us. 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.
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