Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 7
... hope , of loneliness that claimed one's pity . I have listened to pleasantries on the subject of madness , and to the merry songs of the birds . And everything has had the same message for me : Place yourself once more in harmony with ...
... hope , of loneliness that claimed one's pity . I have listened to pleasantries on the subject of madness , and to the merry songs of the birds . And everything has had the same message for me : Place yourself once more in harmony with ...
Page 9
... hope of happi- ness once for all ! Immolation of the self -death to self , this is the only suicide which is either useful or permitted . In my present mood of indifference and disinter- estedness , there is some secret ill - humour ...
... hope of happi- ness once for all ! Immolation of the self -death to self , this is the only suicide which is either useful or permitted . In my present mood of indifference and disinter- estedness , there is some secret ill - humour ...
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... hope of a blessed immor- tality would be better worth having ! With what different eyes one looks at life at ten , at twenty , at thirty , at sixty ! Those who live alone are specially con- scious of this psychological metamorphosis ...
... hope of a blessed immor- tality would be better worth having ! With what different eyes one looks at life at ten , at twenty , at thirty , at sixty ! Those who live alone are specially con- scious of this psychological metamorphosis ...
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... hope , and as soon as he has come to the end of it he sits him down to die , and lets his sons and his grandsons begin the same experience over again . We all pursue happiness , and happiness escapes the pur- suit of all . The only ...
... hope , and as soon as he has come to the end of it he sits him down to die , and lets his sons and his grandsons begin the same experience over again . We all pursue happiness , and happiness escapes the pur- suit of all . The only ...
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... hope appeals to thee ? My longing , my search is for love , for peace , for something to fill my heart ; an idea to defend ; a work to which I might devote the rest of my strength ; an affection which might quench this inner thirst ; a ...
... hope appeals to thee ? My longing , my search is for love , for peace , for something to fill my heart ; an idea to defend ; a work to which I might devote the rest of my strength ; an affection which might quench this inner thirst ; a ...
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