Maxioms by Victor Hugo
For sight is woman-like and shuns the old.
(Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,
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For sight is woman-like and shuns the old.
(Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,
Who backwards looks.)
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
