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Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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What is a cultivated spirit? It is one that can look at things from many points of view.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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I do not deny the rights of democracy; but I have no illusions about the use that will be made of those rights as long as wisdom is scarce and pride is abundant.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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An error is all the more dangerous the more it contains a quantity of truth.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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A thousand things move forward. Nine hundred and ninety-nine move backward. This is progress.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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Kindness is the beginning of tact, and respect for others is the first condition for knowing how to live.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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The more one loves, the more one suffers.

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

Henry F. Amiel

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Doubt in love ends up making one doubt everything.