Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

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• Henri Frederic Amiel:

  To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talen

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  Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflec

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• Henri Frederic Amiel:

  Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

• Henri Frederic Amiel:

  Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulne

• Henri Frederic Amiel:

  It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

• Henri Frederic Amiel:

  Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

• Henri Frederic Amiel:

  Common sense is calculation applied to life.

• Henri Frederic Amiel:

  Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calc