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Henri Frederic Amiel
"We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves."
Henri Frederic Amiel
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"I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Age And Aging Birthday
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Emotion Tears
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Destiny Fate Swiss Philosopher
Henri Frederic Amiel
"For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will"
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Action
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence"
Henri Frederic Amiel
Falsehood

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Henri Frederic Amiel
"Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Mountains Thoughts And Thinking
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Humanity Self-interest
Henri Frederic Amiel
"To marry unequally is to suffer equally."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Equality Marriage
Henri Frederic Amiel
"True humility is contentment."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Contentment Swiss Philosopher
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark"
Henri Frederic Amiel
Force
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven"
Henri Frederic Amiel
Harmony
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing"
Henri Frederic Amiel
Cleverness
Henri Frederic Amiel
"To shun one's cross is to make it heavier."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Responsibility
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Communication
Henri Frederic Amiel
"Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority"
Henri Frederic Amiel
Art
Henri Frederic Amiel
"The unfinished is nothing."
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Henri Frederic Amiel
"Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies."
Henri Frederic Amiel
Law Sacrifice

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