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Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.
Madame de Stael
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Madame de Stael
Age: 51 †
Born: 1766
Born: April 22
Died: 1817
Died: July 14
Correspondent
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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
Anne-Louise Germaine Necker
Germaine de Staël-Holstein
Anne Louise Germaine de Stael-Holstein
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'
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Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.
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