Madame Lafayette
Madame Lafayette, born Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, was a pioneering French author of the 17th century. Best known for her novel "La Princesse de Clèves," she is credited with creating one of the first psychological novels in literature. Her works often explore themes of love and duty, reflecting the complexities of court life in Louis XIV's France. Lafayette's keen insights and elegant prose have left a lasting impact on European literature.
Book summaries for books written by Madame Lafayette
Quotes
You can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Jealousy is born with love, but does not die with it.
The power of novelty over the mind, and the force of that first impression which the sight of a new object produces.
Grief is a most violent passion; it is the most natural and seems the most excusable.
We are always ready to believe what we wish.
The most dangerous of our calculations are those which we call illusions.
In great minds, the desire for glory is always accompanied by the desire for service.
One of the things that makes our lives so full of complications is that we have to deal with people as they are, not as we would like them to be.
Beauty is an unmerited gift, which is given by chance and not by merit.
We often make mistakes when we think we know more than we do.
There is a great difference between the eagerness of a desire and the constancy of a passion.
The soul is often overwhelmed by the body’s desires in moments of great emotion.