Madame de Stael Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: April 22, 1766 - July 14, 1817
Birthday: April 22
Death: July 14
Tombs decked by the arts can scarcely represent death as a formidable enemy; we do not, indeed, like the ancients, carve sports and dances in the sarcophagus, but thought is diverted from the bier by works that tell of immortality, even from the altar of death.
topic: Sports, Art, Enemy, Tombs
