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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

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

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

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

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...

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

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...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as...

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as...

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body,...

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body,...

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.