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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Destiny    Fate    Swiss Philosopher   

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Affection    Swiss Philosopher   

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Earth    Swiss Philosopher   

Henri Frederic Amiel

"In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Freedom    Swiss Philosopher   

Henri Frederic Amiel

"Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Difficulty    Swiss Philosopher   

Henri Frederic Amiel

"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

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

"Action is only coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Any landscape is a condition of the spirit." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel

"Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers." — Henri Frederic Amiel
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