Swiss - Philosopher | September 27, 1821 - May 11, 1881
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
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In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.
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To marry unequally is to suffer equally.
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The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.
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Order is a great person's need and their true well being.
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Order is power.
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Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
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To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.
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Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
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The only substance properly so called is the soul.
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Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.
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