You do not reach the sublime by degrees; the distance betwe… - Germaine de Staël

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You do not reach the sublime by degrees; the distance between it and the merely beautiful is infinite.

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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You do not reach the sublime by degrees; the distance between it and the merely beautiful is infinite. - Germaine de Staël

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