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Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.
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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A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.
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What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.
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Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
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Truth above all, even when it upsets us and overwhelms us.
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