“... the reciprocal obligation from man to man holds the first rank; what regards ourselves, ought to be considered relatively to the influence that we may possess over the destiny of others...” — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“Nothing is less applicable to life than a mathematical argument. A proposition expressed in numbers is definitely false or true. In all other relations,… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“Virtue . . . is nearly connected with the heart: I have called it Beneficence; not in the very limited sense that is generally… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“We live in an age when selfinterest alone seems to determine all of man’s acts—and what empathy, what emotion, what enthusiasm can ever grow… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“Sensibility, imagination, reason, each is subservient to the other. Every one of these faculties would be nothing but a disease, but weakness, instead of… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“Enlightening, teaching, and perfecting women together with men on the national and individual level: this must be the secret for the achievement of every… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“When we accustom ourselves to see animals suffer, we in time overcome the natural repugnancy of the sense of anguish, we become less accessible… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“... the reciprocal obligation from man to man holds the first rank; what regards ourselves, ought to be considered relatively to the influence that… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“The human mind is always making progress, but it is a progress in spirals.” — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“Morality and freedom are as certainly the only bases of the happiness and dignity of the human race as the system of Galileo is… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
“A wellborn soul is guided by only one principle in the world: always do good to others and never harm” — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
