A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

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...

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

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,...

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

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...

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

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...

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.