Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Swiss philosopher and poet

Lived from: 1821-1881

Category: Philosophers | Poets (Contemporary)

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  To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

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  Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

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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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  Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

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  An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

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  Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

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  Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

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  Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

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  Common sense is calculation applied to life.

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  Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

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  Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

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  Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

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  For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

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  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.

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  He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature… is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

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