I learn life from the poets. Autore: Madame de Staël Copy Quote More from Madame de Staël “We live in an age when selfinterest alone seems to determine all of man’s acts—…” “When we accustom ourselves to see animals suffer, we in time overcome the natur…” “Sensibility, imagination, reason, each is subservient to the other. Every one o…” “We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we l…”