Famous quotes containing the word amiel:
“Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults—a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.”
—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)
“Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)