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Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Quote of Henri-Frédéric Amiel - A thousand things advance, nine hundred...


Biography - Henri-Frédéric Amiel:

Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.
Born: 1821 - Died: 1881
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Switzerland

A thousand things advance, nine hundred and ninety-eight fall back, this is progress.


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(French, German)



French
Mille choses avancent, neuf cent quatre-vingt dix-huit reculent ; c'est là le progrès.

German
Tausend Dinge gehen vorwärts; neunhundertachtundneunzig zurück; das ist Fortschritt.




See also 

See also...



Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Don’t wait for Plato’s Republic! Rather, be content if one tiny thing makes some progress, and reflect on the fact that what results from this tiny thing is no tiny thing at all!




Quotes for: progress


Quotes

Quotes for: progress


A great part of progress consists in the desire to make progress.





To progress, it is not enough to want to act, one must first know in which direction to act.





The reasonable man adapts himself to the world : the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.





World history is the progress of the consciousness of freedom.





Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.





The real democratic progress is not to lower the level of the elite toward that of the crowd, but to raise that of the crowd toward the elite.











Quotes

Henri-Frédéric Amiel also said...


An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.





Each life makes its destiny.





The real name of happiness is contentment.












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