Breaths Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

“Our life is nothing, it is true, but our life is divine. A breath of nature annihilates us, but we surpass nature in penetrating far beyond her vast phantasmagoria to the changeless and the eternal.” quote by Henri Frederic Amiel — Download Open image

“Our life is nothing, it is true, but our life is divine. A breath of nature annihilates us, but we surpass nature in penetrating far beyond her vast phantasmagoria to the changeless and the eternal.”

Henri Frederic Amiel

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