Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.Germaine de Stael
“Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.”
“Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.”
— GERMAINE DE STAEL
Writer · 1766 – 1817
Germaine de Staël, known as Madame de Staël, was a Swiss-French writer and political thinker whose works, including 'Corinne' (1807) and 'De l'Allemagne' (1810), shaped European Romanticism. A prominent critic of Napoleon, she spent years in exile from France.
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