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Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
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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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.
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Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison.
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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.
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Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
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A thousand things advance nine hundred and ninety nine retreat That is progress.
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The best path through life is the highway.
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Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
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