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

Topics: Humility Quotes, Love Quotes, Service Quotes

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

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...

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

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

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

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good...

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good...

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

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

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

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...