Time is but the measure of the difficulty of a conception. Pure thought has scarcely any need of time, since it perceives the two ends of an idea almost at the same moment.
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Amiel’s Journal (Journal Intime), nineteenth-century translation; translated by Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward); Exact wording and attribution checked. Personal philosophical journal, contemplating lived time, memory, aging, and eternity; metaphysical statements express the diarist’s outlook.
- Amiel’s Journal (Journal Intime), nineteenth-century translation; translated by Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward)
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