A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

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....

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

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.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

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...

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.