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Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
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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Henri-Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel
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To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.
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Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.
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As it is impossible to be outside God, the best is consciously to dwell in Him.
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Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage.
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Time wasted is a theft from God.
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Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
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Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.
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A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.
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An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
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It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to give, kindness and goodwill. But to hunt down consideration and reputation - to force the esteem of others - seemed to me an effort unworthy of myself, almost a degradation.
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Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
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Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.
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It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
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The mind must have for ballast the clear conception of duty, if it is not to fluctuate between levity and despair.
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Pay bad people with your goodness fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve a victory over other people, you will conquer yourself.
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Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
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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.
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A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.
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Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
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Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
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