I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

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.

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.

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

Conscience is God present in man.

Conscience is God present in man.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

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

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

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.

World history is a court of judgment.

World history is a court of judgment.