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Every man is a priest, even involuntarily his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.
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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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
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Do not despise your situation in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.
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Time wasted is a theft from God.
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Philosophy starts with doubt and loves only truth.
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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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Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
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Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.
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