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Find important quotes and citations by the author Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
Quote 3355
He is one of a crowd, a taxpayer, an elector, an anonymity, but not a man.Quote 3354
The gentleman, then, is the man who is master of himself, who respects himself, and makes others respect him.More quotes on the topics: self-confidence character wisdom
Quote 3353
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions, such a man is a mere article of the world’s furniture.Quote 3352
Happiness does away with ugliness, and even makes the beauty of beauty.Quote 3351
The thinker serves it by his intellect, and as a light upon its path.Quote 1664
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.More quotes on the topics: soul power constraint
Quote 1101
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feelMore quotes on the topics: interest indifference age stupidity emotions youthfulness
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Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heartMore quotes on the topics: intelligence heart virtue decency
Quote 597
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.More quotes on the topics: lie greatness wisdom age knowledge
Quote 364
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 sparkMore quotes on the topics: passion force possibility weakness indifference superficiality