Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
Citations
Amiel, Henri-Frédéric. Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel. Translated by Mary A. Ward, Macmillan and Co., 1885.
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Henri Frédéric Amiel was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.