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Only Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
- Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
- Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
- Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
- The only substance properly so called is the soul.
- Hope is only the love of life.
- Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.
- There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.
- A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
- The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be…
- 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…
- We only understand that which already is within us.
- We only understand that which already within us.
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