Habit is the nursery of errors.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong;...

Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong;...

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

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...

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.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything,...

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything,...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...