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Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures.
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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Put personal ambition away from you, and then you will find consolation in living or in dying, whatever may happen to you.
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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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Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.
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