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The universe is in France outside it, there is nothing.
Madame de Stael
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Madame de Stael
Age: 51 †
Born: 1766
Born: April 22
Died: 1817
Died: July 14
Correspondent
Diarist
Literary Critic
Politician
Salonnière
Writer
Paris
France
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
France
Outside
Universe
Nothing
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I am glad that I am not a man, for then I should have to marry a woman.
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Between God and love, I recognize no mediator but my conscience.
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It is not enough to forgive one must forget.
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The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.
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Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man its publication is a duty.
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