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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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Happiness has no limits, because God has neither bottom nor bounds, and because happiness is nothing but the conquest of God through love.
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Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.
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True humility is contentment.
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You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
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The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory.
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To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence.
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There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.
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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.
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