Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

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...

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

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...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

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.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

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...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

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.