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Blessed be childhood which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. Henri F.
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Hope is only the love of life.
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happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
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Everything appears to change when we change.
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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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Learn to limit yourself, to content yourself with some definite thing, and some definite work; dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.
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Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.
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The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
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Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.
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Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881) was a Swiss intellectual whose main work, the "Intimate Journal", published posthumously, revealed a profound explorer of the human condition. Born in Geneva into a Huguenot family, Amiel showed an early sharp intelligence and an introspective nature. After completing his studies in philosophy and law in Switzerland and Germany, he returned to Geneva, where he became a professor of aesthetics and French literature at the University. His "Intimate Journal" is a monumental work, with over 18,000 pages, written over more than forty years. Through it, Amiel explored his existential doubts, his artistic and philosophical aspirations, and his difficulty in reconciling his inner life with the outside world. The work, although fragmentary and never intended for publication by the author, gained international fame and is admired for its brutal honesty and its penetrating analysis of the human soul. Amiel struggled with inaction and the incessant search for perfection, which prevented him from producing significant published works during his lifetime. His legacy therefore lies in his ability to articulate the complexities of human consciousness and experience, making him a unique figure in 19th-century literature and philosophy.