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HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL QUOTES

Action is but coarsened thought; thought become concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL, Journal Intime

Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL, Journal Intime

A belief is not true because it is useful.

HENRI FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL, as quoted in Bob Kelly's Worth Repeating

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

HENRI-FREDERIC AMIEL, journal, Dec. 11, 1872