Quotes by Amiel, Henri Frederic

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion. >>

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

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourse >>

Quotations about Fate

Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not. >>

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist. >>

The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given >>

Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Amiel, Henri Frederic