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Letter "H" » Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
«Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«Health is the first of all liberties, and happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«Order is power.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether it call itself fatality, death, night, or matter, it is the pedestal of life, of light, of liberty and the spirit. For it represents resistance -- that is to say, the fulcrum of all activity, the occasion for its development and its triumph.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
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fatalities, fatality, fulcrum, Liberty Or Death, represents, that is to say
«A philosopher is [one who] aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
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cleverness
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