If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most poorly endowed in the distribution or wealth that chance had made, and who were, therefore, most worthy of…

Quote by Victor Hugo

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One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor....

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor....

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...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

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...

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...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

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

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

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...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.