Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the...

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the...

The best path through life is the highway.

The best path through life is the highway.

Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of...

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of...

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

Common sense is the measure of the possible.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and...

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with...

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether...

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether...

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...

The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they...