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Philosophy starts with doubt and loves only truth.
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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A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.
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Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
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Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
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To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
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Mother of Marvels, mysterious and tender Nature, why do we not live more in thee.
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The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
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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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Our dependence outweighs our independence, for we are independent only in our desire, while we are dependent on our health, on nature, on society, on everything in us and outside us.
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There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.
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We are all visionaries, and what we see is our soul in things.
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To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.
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Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
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Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison.
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A belief is not true simply because it is useful.
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Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail.
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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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Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.
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Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.
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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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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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