78 Quotations by Henri Frederic Amiel
- 21. In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of whi ...
- 22. It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine ...
- 23. It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
- 24. It is not what he has, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is
- 25. Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and le ...
- 26. Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
- 27. Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare ...
- 28. Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling ...
- 29. Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.
- 30. Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
- 31. Melancholy is at the bottom of everything, just as at the end of all rivers is the sea. Can it be ot ...
- 32. Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which bel ...
- 33. Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liber ...
- 34. Order is a great person's need and their true well being.
- 35. Order is power.
- 36. Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.
- 37. Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults -- a gigantic scaf ...
- 38. Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, ...
- 39. Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
- 40. Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salva ...
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