Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page 8
... suffering , of cal- umny , of sickness , of isolation , and of death . There is no serious piety without heroism . Heroism is the dazzling and glo- rious concentration of courage . Duty has the virtue of making us feel the reality of a ...
... suffering , of cal- umny , of sickness , of isolation , and of death . There is no serious piety without heroism . Heroism is the dazzling and glo- rious concentration of courage . Duty has the virtue of making us feel the reality of a ...
Page 18
... suffering , because my happiness demands a thousand condi- tions . I have a heart too easily reached , a too restless imagination ; despair is easy to me , and every sensation and again within me . spoils for me what is . consumes me ...
... suffering , because my happiness demands a thousand condi- tions . I have a heart too easily reached , a too restless imagination ; despair is easy to me , and every sensation and again within me . spoils for me what is . consumes me ...
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... life is to teach us renunciation , then welcome sickness , hin- arances , sufferings of every kind ! But if its aim is to produce the perfect man , then one must watch over one's integrity of mind and body 20 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... life is to teach us renunciation , then welcome sickness , hin- arances , sufferings of every kind ! But if its aim is to produce the perfect man , then one must watch over one's integrity of mind and body 20 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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... suffering which is superfluous and has its origin in social arrangements , before we can return to spiritual goods . - 7th September 1851 ( Aix ) . — It is ten o'clock at night . A strange and mystic moonlight , with a fresh breeze and ...
... suffering which is superfluous and has its origin in social arrangements , before we can return to spiritual goods . - 7th September 1851 ( Aix ) . — It is ten o'clock at night . A strange and mystic moonlight , with a fresh breeze and ...
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... suffering is the eternal home - sickness , the thirst for happiness . - ' In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister , ' says Goethe . Mâle résignation , - this also is the motto of those who are masters of the art of life ...
... suffering is the eternal home - sickness , the thirst for happiness . - ' In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister , ' says Goethe . Mâle résignation , - this also is the motto of those who are masters of the art of life ...
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