Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

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

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

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

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.

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

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...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

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.

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

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...

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut...

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut...

In the spiritual life nowhere do our ideals meet the actual more truly than in...

In the spiritual life nowhere do our ideals meet the actual more truly than in...

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But...

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But...

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and...

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and...

Art must take reality by surprise.

Art must take reality by surprise.