Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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... everything is affirmative ; I feel myself in harmony with nature and with surround- ings , of which I seem to myself the ex- pression . The heart opens to the immensity of things . This is what I love ! Nam mihi res , non me rebus ...
... everything is affirmative ; I feel myself in harmony with nature and with surround- ings , of which I seem to myself the ex- pression . The heart opens to the immensity of things . This is what I love ! Nam mihi res , non me rebus ...
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... everything that is not first - rate . As we can no longer without offence judge men according to a certain recognised order , we can only compare them to the best that exists , and then they naturally seem to us more mediocre , more ...
... everything that is not first - rate . As we can no longer without offence judge men according to a certain recognised order , we can only compare them to the best that exists , and then they naturally seem to us more mediocre , more ...
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... everything has had the same message for me : Place yourself once more in harmony with the universal law ; accept the will of God ; make a religious use of life ; work while it is yet day ; be at once serious and cheerful ; know how to ...
... everything has had the same message for me : Place yourself once more in harmony with the universal law ; accept the will of God ; make a religious use of life ; work while it is yet day ; be at once serious and cheerful ; know how to ...
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... Everything was veiled in gloom this morning , and a gray mist of rain floated between us and the whole circle of mountains . Now the strip of blue sky which made its appearance at first behind the distant peaks has grown larger , has ...
... Everything was veiled in gloom this morning , and a gray mist of rain floated between us and the whole circle of mountains . Now the strip of blue sky which made its appearance at first behind the distant peaks has grown larger , has ...
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... everything to lose , by despising the example of nature , and making arbitrary rules of life for oneself . Our liberty , wisely under- stood , is but a voluntary obedience to the universal laws of life . My life has reached its month of ...
... everything to lose , by despising the example of nature , and making arbitrary rules of life for oneself . Our liberty , wisely under- stood , is but a voluntary obedience to the universal laws of life . My life has reached its month of ...
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