Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power. Auteur: Germaine de Staël-Holstein Copy Quote More from Germaine de Staël-Holstein “One must chose in life between boredom and suffering.” “Sow good services, sweet rememberances will grow from them.” “Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ and the differenc…” “Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all me…”