Victor Hugo ( 10 of 71 )
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.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
I'm religiously opposed to religion.
I'm religiously opposed to religion.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished read more
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
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.
