Victor Hugo ( 10 of 71 )
Madame, bear in mind
That princes govern all things--save the wind.
Madame, bear in mind
That princes govern all things--save the wind.
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is read more
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.
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.
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
And the dream that our mind had sketched in haste
Shall others continue, but never complete.
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And the dream that our mind had sketched in haste
Shall others continue, but never complete.
For none upon earth can achieve his scheme;
The best as the worst are futile here:
We wake at the self-same point of the dream,--
All is here begun, and finished elsewhere.
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.
