As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

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,...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

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!

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

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,...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.