Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Tombs decked by the arts can scarcely represent death as a formidable enemy; we do not, indeed, like the ancients, carve sports and dances in the sarcophagus, but thought is diverted from the bier by works that tell of immortality, even from the altar of death.

Madame De Stael's Popular Quotes

Never, never have I been loved as I love others!

- Madame De Stael

The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

- Madame De Stael

Men do not change; they unmask themselves.

- Madame De Stael

Of all human sentiments, enthusiasm creates the most happiness; it is the only sentiment in fact which gives real happiness, the only sentiment which…

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I must keep on rowing, not until I reach port but until I reach my grave.

- Madame De Stael

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

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Happiness is a wondrous commodity: the more you give, the more you have.

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Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.

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Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

- Madame De Stael