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Every situation is an equilibrium of forces every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain equilibrium

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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