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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Popularity? It is glory's small change

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey

Life is the flower for which love is the honey

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

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...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

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....

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

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...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible...

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

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...