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Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
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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[T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it.
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A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
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Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.
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To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence.
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As it is impossible to be outside God, the best is consciously to dwell in Him.
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The only substance properly so called is the soul.
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The ideal, after all, is true than the real: for the ideal is the eternal element in perishable things.
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Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
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To know where one is going and what one wishes - this is order ... to organize one's life to distribute one's time ... all this belong to and is included in the word order.
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To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
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Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.
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Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
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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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A thousand things advance nine hundred and ninety nine retreat That is progress.
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True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.
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Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
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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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A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.
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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.
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A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.
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