Victor Hugo ( 10 of 71 )
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.
We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.
We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and an invisible labor.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and an invisible labor.
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.
Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.
Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.
The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a read more
Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).
One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
