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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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A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.
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Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.
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We are always making God our accomplice, that so we may legalize our own iniquities. Every successful massacre is consecrated by a Te Deum, and the clergy have never been wanting in benedictions for any victorious enormity.
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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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Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.
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There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.
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For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
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The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.
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Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures.
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