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You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
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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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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Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
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There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.
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We are all visionaries, and what we see is our soul in things.
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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.
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Mother of Marvels, mysterious and tender Nature, why do we not live more in thee.
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Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.
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True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.
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To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
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Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily small.
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I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant
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There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.
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Happiness has no limits, because God has neither bottom nor bounds, and because happiness is nothing but the conquest of God through love.
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The stationary condition is the beginning of the end
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Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.
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Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.
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To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.
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Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.
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