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Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Age: 59 †
Born: 1821
Born: September 27
Died: 1881
Died: May 11
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Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.
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If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes.
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Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
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If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.
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The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
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