Henri Frédéric Amiel
Biography
Quotes
- Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe.
- We must dare to be happy, and dare to confess it, regarding ourselves always as the depositories, not as the authors of our own joy.
- What is an intelligent man? A man who enters with ease and completeness into the spirit of things and the intention of persons, and who arrives at an end by the shortest route.
