Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially he whose name is a burden to him, who has need of an asylum (room).

Quote by Victor Hugo

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

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

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

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.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

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

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

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

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,...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

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...

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

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.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.