A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

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...

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

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

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

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.

Life is a voyage.

Life is a voyage.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

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...

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.