Henry F. Amiel Quotes

Look twice to see what is fair. Look only once to see what is beautiful.

The beautiful is superior to the sublime, because it is permanent and does not satiate, while the sublime is relative, fleeting, and violent.

Take care of your reputation, not out of vanity, but to not harm your work, and out of love for the truth.

Doubt in love ends up making one doubt everything.

To do with ease what is difficult for others, there lies the sign of talent; to do what is impossible for talent, there lies the sign of genius.