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Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

~Henri Frederic Amiel

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Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

~Henri Frederic Amiel

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He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

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For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

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Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

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An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

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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 changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

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Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

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In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

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Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

~Henri Frederic Amiel

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Philosopher

Born: September 27th, 1821

Died: May 11th, 1881

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