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The mind's pleasures are made to calm the tempests of the heart.
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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Literary Critic
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Salonnière
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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
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