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Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis Quotes

1746–1830 France

Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité, Madame de Genlis (25 January 1746 – 31 December 1830) was a French writer of the late 18th and early 19th century, known for her novels and theories of children's education. She is now best remembered for her journals and the historical perspective they provide on her life and times.

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Men call physicians only when they suffer; women, when they are merely afflicted with ennui.

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

If you would succeed in the world, it is necessary that, when entering a salon, your vanity should bow to that of others.

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

Homeliness is the best guardian of a young girl's virtue.

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

Ah! the spendthrift, love; it gives all and everything with the first sigh!

Treasury of Thought (1881)

To weep is not always to suffer.

A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

I have never tasted pleasures so true as those I have found in the study of books, in writing, or in music. The days that succeed brilliant entertainments are always melancholy, but those which follow days of study are delicious; we have gained something; we have acquired some new knowledge, and we recall the past day not only without disgust and without regret, but with consummate satisfaction.

Treasury of Thought (1881)

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