Maxioms by Victor Hugo
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command read more
It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.
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.
You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is read more
You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this way that mortals become angels. It is not their fault; they do not know how to set about it otherwise. This hell from which you have come out is the first step towards Heaven. We must begin by that. -- Jean Valjean --
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.
