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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 spark.

~Henri Frederic Amiel

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The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

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Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.

~Henri Frederic Amiel

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Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

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Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.

~Henri Frederic Amiel

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Swiss

Type: Philosopher

Born: September 27th, 1821

Died: May 11th, 1881

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