Quote #5
Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
- To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.
- Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
- Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
- The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
- A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.
- The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
- Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is an episode in a man's.
- We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.