The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

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...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

I'm religiously opposed to religion

I'm religiously opposed to religion

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and...

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

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.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

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...

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

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 dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

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

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

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...