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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 3419 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881), Swiss philosopher, poet. Journal Intime, entry for December 17, 1856 (1882), trans. by Mrs. Humphrey Ward (1892). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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