116 ordspråk av Henri Frédéric Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel föddes den September 27th 1821 och dog den 9 March 1881 - Swiss writer
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 Order is power. |
| Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers. |
| Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults /a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin. |
| Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion. |
| Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest. |
| Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. |
| Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. |
| So as long as a person is capable of self-renewal, they are a living being. |
| Society lives by faith, and develops by science. |
| Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. |
| Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. |
| Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy |
| Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy |
| Tell me what you think you are and I will tell you what you are not |
| Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. |
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