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Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.
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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You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
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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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Emancipation from error is the condition of real knowledge.
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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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Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison.
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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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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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To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
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There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.
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Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.
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A belief is not true simply because it is useful.
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To marry unequally is to suffer equally.
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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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Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.
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Time wasted is a theft from God.
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There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute for feeling, except in the infinite for the soul, except in the divine.
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Joy is the vital air of the soul.
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