“Life often seems like a long shipwreck, of which the débris are friendship, fame, and love.”
Reflections on Suicide (Réflexions sur le suicide, 1813), Section 1
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël: Likeness
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël was Swiss author. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
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“Ought not every woman, like every man, to follow the bent of her own talents?”
Bk. 14, ch. 1
Corinne (1807)
La vue d'un tel monument est comme une musique continuelle et fixée, qui vous attend pour vous faire du bien quand vous vous en approchez.
Bk. 4, ch. 3
The idea that "architecture is frozen music" — an aphorism of disputed origin sometimes misattributed to de Staël — is found in a number of German writers of the period.
Corinne (1807)
“Danger is like wine, it goes to your head.”
Bk. 12, ch. 2
Corinne (1807)