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" Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. "
Henri Frederic Amiel
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" 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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" Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty. "
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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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" Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. "
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" 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. "
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" We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. "
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" 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. "
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" It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. "
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" Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. "
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Future
" The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms. "
Henri Frederic Amiel
Religious
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System
" There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. "
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Others
" 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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Past
Woman
" Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion. "
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Communication
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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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Will
" Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. "
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Criticism
" The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. "
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Same
Fire
" 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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Sacrifice
Passion
" It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. "
Henri Frederic Amiel
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" Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you. "
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" Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. "
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Good
Intelligent
Women
" If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. "
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State
Consent
Nationality
" To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. "
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Live
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" Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. "
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" Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. "
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" Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. "
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" Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. "
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" The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. "
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" I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. "
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