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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
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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Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
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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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