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«Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.»
«Melancholy is at the bottom of everything, just as at the end of all rivers is the sea. Can it be otherwise in a world where nothing lasts, where all that we have loved or shall love must die? Is death, then, the secret of life? The gloom of an eternal mourning enwraps, more or less closely, every serious and thoughtful soul, as night enwraps the universe.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
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at the bottom, closely, enwrapped, Everything or Nothing, gloom, lasts, more or less, mourning, rivers, thoughtful
«Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.»
«True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| About:
Love
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ennoble, ennobled, ennobles, ennobling, fortified, fortifies, fortifying, personality, sanctifies, sanctifying, True Love
«Order is a great person's need and their true well being.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.»
«Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.»
«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.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
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Age,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
Art of Living, chapters, old master, Old Masters, the Master
«Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
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Joy,
Risk-taking
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adding, boundary, boundary line, conquering, difficulty, give back, Give Me Liberty, line, one line, pushing, push back
«Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
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Future,
Success
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Everything You, guess, library, The Library
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