If we would succeed in works of the imagination, we must offer a mild morality in the midst of rigid manners; but where the manners are corrupt, we m… - Germaine de Staël

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If we would succeed in works of the imagination, we must offer a mild morality in the midst of rigid manners; but where the manners are corrupt, we must consistently hold up to view an austere morality.

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About Germaine de Staël

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766 – July 14, 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad, who determined literary tastes of Europe at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Alternative Names: Madame de Staël Madame Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker Mme de Staël Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Anne-Louise-Germaine, Mme de Staël-Holstein Baroness de Staël-Holstein Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker Germaine de Staël-Holstein Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein Anne-Louise Germaine Necker
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It seems to me that life's circumstances, being ephemeral, teach us less about durable truths than the fictions based on those truths; and that the best lessons of delicacy and self-respect are to be found in novels where the feelings are so naturally portrayed that you fancy you are witnessing real life as you read.

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