Maxioms by Victor Hugo
Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.
Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.
A library implies an act of faith
A library implies an act of faith
The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that read more
The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Men are still men. The despot's wickedness
Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--
Comes of read more
Men are still men. The despot's wickedness
Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--
Comes of the purple he from childhood wears,
Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.
