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Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
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
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The germs of all things are in every heart, and the greatest criminals as well as the greatest heroes are but different modes of ourselves.
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It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to give, kindness and goodwill. But to hunt down consideration and reputation - to force the esteem of others - seemed to me an effort unworthy of myself, almost a degradation.
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The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
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True humility is contentment.
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We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. The consciousness of wrong-doing makes us irritable, and our heart, in its cunning, quarrels with what is outside it, in order that it may deafen the clamor within.
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Joy is the vital air of the soul.
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What we do not understand we have no right to judge
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Time is but the measure of the difficulty of a conception. Pure thought has scarcely any need of time, since it perceives the two ends of an idea almost at the same moment.
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Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
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Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.
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Time wasted is a theft from God.
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Life alone can rekindle life.
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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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Every man is a priest, even involuntarily his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.
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Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
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Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage.
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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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It is dangerous to abandon one's self to the luxury of grief it deprives one of courage, and even of the wish for recovery.
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Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.
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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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