Famous quotes containing the word amiel:
“It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)
“In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past—a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)
“Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation appled to life.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)