--- title: "10 May Quotes By Madame de Stael" description: "10 May quotes by Madame de Stael. Plus more from Madame de Stael and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/madame-de-stael-2069_exhausted_the-mind-may-be-exhausted-but-the-langua_1942274.jpg" --- > [The mind may be exhausted, but the language of the heart is inexhaustible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/the-mind-may-be-exhausted-but-the-language-of-the-heart-is/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/madame-de-stael-2069_exhausted_the-mind-may-be-exhausted-but-the-langua_1942274.jpg) > [Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be called the weakest?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/have-you-not-observed-that-faith-is-generally-strongest-in-those/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/madame-de-stael-2069_character_have-you-not-observed-that-faith-is-gene_2711608.jpg) > [Men have made of fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order that she may be made responsible for all their blunder's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/men-have-made-of-fortune-an-all-powerful-goddess-in-order-that-she/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/079/madame-de-stael-2069_blunders_men-have-made-of-fortune-an-all-powerful_1114803.jpg) > [ \[On Italian:\] One may almost call it a language that talks of itself, and always seems more witty than its speakers. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/on-italian-one-may-almost-call-it-a-language-that-talks-of-itself-and/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/madame-de-stael-2069_italian_on-italian-one-may-almost-call-it-a-lang_943533.jpg) > [No nation has the right to bring about a revolution, even though such a change may be most urgently needed, if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/no-nation-has-the-right-to-bring-about-a-revolution-even-though-such/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/madame-de-stael-2069_blood_no-nation-has-the-right-to-bring-about-a_2904746.jpg) > [The only equitable manner in my opinion, of judging the character of a man is to examine if there are personal calculations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/the-only-equitable-manner-in-my-opinion-of-judging-the-character-of-a/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/madame-de-stael-2069_blame_the-only-equitable-manner-in-my-opinion_2925128.jpg) > [And all the bustle of departure - sometimes sad, sometimes intoxicating - just as fear or hope may be inspired by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/and-all-the-bustle-of-departure-sometimes-sad-sometimes-intoxicating/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/madame-de-stael-2069_be-inspired_and-all-the-bustle-of-departure-sometime_2906439.jpg) > [Of all human sentiments, enthusiasm creates the most happiness; it is the only sentiment in fact which gives real happiness, the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/of-all-human-sentiments-enthusiasm-creates-the-most-happiness-it-is/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/madame-de-stael-2069_bears_of-all-human-sentiments-enthusiasm-creat_1272006.jpg) > [There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/there-are-women-vain-of-advantages-not-connected-with-their-persons/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/madame-de-stael-2069_advantage_there-are-women-vain-of-advantages-not-c_2710916.jpg) > [Whatever efforts one may make, one must revert to the realization that religion is the real basis of morality; religion is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/whatever-efforts-one-may-make-one-must-revert-to-the-realization-that/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/madame-de-stael-2069_attention_whatever-efforts-one-may-make-one-must-r_2152319.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## More by Madame de Stael > [Good taste cannot supply the place of genius in literature, for the best proof of taste, when there is no genius, would be, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/good-taste-cannot-supply-the-place-of-genius-in-literature-for-the/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [There is no reality on this earth except religion and the power of love; all the rest is even more fugitive than life itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/there-is-no-reality-on-this-earth-except-religion-and-the-power-of/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [in Italy, almost at every step, history and poetry add to the graces of nature, sweeten the memory of the past, and seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/in-italy-almost-at-every-step-history-and-poetry-add-to-the-graces-of/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [ \[Ridicule\] laughs at all those who see the earnestness of life and who still believe in true feelings and in serious thought ... It… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/ridicule-laughs-at-all-those-who-see-the-earnestness-of-life-and-who/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [Ought not every woman, like every man, to follow the bent of her own talents?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/ought-not-every-woman-like-every-man-to-follow-the-bent-of-her-own/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/the-more-we-know-the-better-we-forgive-whoever-feels-deeply-feels-for/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/let-us-then-blend-everything-love-religion-genius-with-sunshine/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/man-s-most-valuable-faculty-is-his-imagination/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/taste-is-to-literature-what-bon-ton-is-in-society/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/a-voyage-without-companionship-that-is-to-say-without-conversation-is/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [However old a conjugal union, it still garners some sweetness. Winter has some cloudless days, and under the snow a few flowers still bloom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/however-old-a-conjugal-union-it-still-garners-some-sweetness-winter/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music, which one hears for one's good as one approaches it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/the-sight-of-such-a-monument-is-like-continual-and-stationary-music/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [If we would succeed in works of the imagination, we must offer a mild morality in the midst of rigid manners; but where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/if-we-would-succeed-in-works-of-the-imagination-we-must-offer-a-mild/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/innocence-in-genius-and-candor-in-power-are-both-noble-qualities/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) > [“The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress made in spirals.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madame-de-stael/the-human-mind-always-makes-progress-but-it-is-a-progress-made-in/) [Madame de Stael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madame-de-stael/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/madame-de-stael/#itemlist", "name": "10 May Quotes By Madame de Stael", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The mind may be exhausted, but the language of the heart is inexhaustible.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madame de Stael" }, "url": 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