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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.
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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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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Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
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Mother of Marvels, mysterious and tender Nature, why do we not live more in thee.
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[T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it.
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