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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.
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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I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world all is strange to me I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness?
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Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
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The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.
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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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Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.
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A belief is not true simply because it is useful.
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Unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful.
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Common sense is calculation applied to life.
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