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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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To contemplate is to look at shadows.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

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...

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

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...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

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...

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...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

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...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

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...