Hurtful timidity, unprofitable conscientiousness, fatal slavery to detail!
Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821-1881) Swiss philosopher, poet, critic
Journal (1 Sep 1875) [tr. Ward (1887)]
On the causes of his failures.
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