Anne Louise Germaine de Staël quotes - page 3

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened. (Anne Louise Germaine de Staël)
Either morality is a fable, or the more enlightened we are, the more attached to it we become. View quote
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. View quote
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it. View quote
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël
Tout comprendre rend très-indulgent. View quote
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël