Henri frederic amiel
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.
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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
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To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply...
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To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.
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We only understand that which already is within us.
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Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
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It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
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Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
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True humility is contentment.
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Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.
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