The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...