Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives attenti… - Germaine de Staël

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Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives attention of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth.

Germaine de Staël

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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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Superstition attaches to this life, and religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, and religion to virtue; it is from the vivacity of earthly desires that we become superstitious, and it is, on the contrary, by the sacrifice of these same desires that we are religious.

On cesse de s'aimer si quelqu'un ne nous aime.

The search for the truth is the noblest of occupations, and its publication a duty.

Frivolity, under whatever form it appears, deprives attention of its power, thought of its originality, and sentiment of its depth. - Germaine de Staël

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