To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
From Madame de Stael
A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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