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Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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Philosopher Quotes
Category:
Swiss Philosopher Quotes
Date of Birth:
September 27
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1821
Year of Death:
1881
Nationality:
Swiss
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Plato
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Select Henri Frederic Amiel Quotations:
Order is power.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Order is a great person's need and their true well being.
Henri Frederic Amiel
We only understand that which already within us.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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