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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael quotes about manly
Swiss Author April 22, 1766 – July 14, 1817
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We live in an age when selfinterest alone seems to determine all of man’s acts—and what empathy, what emotion, what enthusiasm can ever grow out of self interest. It is pleasanter to dream of those times of dedication, sacrifice, and heroism that used to be, and that have left honorable traces upon the earth.
Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
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