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Liberty Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
- Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
- In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.
- Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty.
- Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.
- The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing…
- Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We…
- The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether it call itself…
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