“Genius is always more suggestive than expressive.”
Source: Madame de Staël: A Study of Her Life and Times: the First Revolution and the First Empire
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Source: Madame de Staël, a Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire
“Genius can never despise labour.”
Source: Madame de Staël, a Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire
Source: Madame de Staël, a Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire
“No great thought, no great object, satisfies the mind at first view, nor at the last.”
Source: Madame de Staël, a Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire
“Only those who love with the heart can animate the love of others.”
Source: Madame de Staël: A Study of Her Life and Times: the First Revolution and the First Empire
“I see that time divided is never long, and that regularity abridges all things.”
Source: Madame de Staël, a Study of Her Life and Times: The First Revolution and the First Empire