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“Life often seems like a long shipwreck, of which the débris are friendship, fame, and love.”

— Madame de Staël, Reflections on Suicide (1813), Sec. 1

About Madame de Staël

1766 – 1817

French-Swiss writer and salon hostess, author of "Corinne".

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