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A belief is not true simply because it is useful.
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
Henri Frédéric Amiel
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Never to tire, never to grow cold to be patient, sympathetic, tender to look for the budding flower and the opening heart to hope always like God, to love always--this is duty.
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When everything is in its right place within us, we ourselves are in balance with the whole work of God.
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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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Joy is the vital air of the soul.
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Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
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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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Hope is only the love of life.
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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.
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What governs men is the fear of truth.
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To marry unequally is to suffer equally.
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Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
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I am a spectator, so to speak, of the molecular whirlwind which men call individual life I am conscious of an incessant metamorphosis, an irresistible movement of existence, which is going on within me - and this phenomenology of myself serves as a window opened upon the mystery of the world.
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Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
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A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
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Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
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Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.
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I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
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