My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, Sing as if no...

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, Sing as if no...

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

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...

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...

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.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

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

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

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

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

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

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape