116 ordspråk av Henri Frédéric Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel föddes den September 27th 1821 och dog den 9 March 1881 - Swiss writer
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 A belief is not true because it is useful |
| A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt. |
| A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life. |
| A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself. |
| A philosopher is [one who] aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. |
| A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety-nine retreat: that is progress. |
| Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. |
| An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains |
| Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more. |
| Any landscape is a condition of the spirit. |
| Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. |
| Charm: that quality in others of making us more satisfied with ourselves |
| Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. |
| Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing |
| Common sense is calculation applied to life. |
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