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A man must be able to cut a knot for everything cannot be untied he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped for everything cannot be equally considered in a word he must be able to simplify his duties his business and his life.
A man must be able to cut a knot for everything cannot be untied he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped for everything cannot be equally considered in a word he must be able to simplify his duties his business and his life.
Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
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- Henri Frederic Amiel
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- Approximate author period: c. 1851 AD · industrial
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Henri Frederic Amiel: recorded author lifetime 1821–1881. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123916 (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is henri-frederic-amiel; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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