He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

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.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

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...

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea...

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea...

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius,...

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius,...

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is...

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.