Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Behavior Quotes

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

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

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

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.

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

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...

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

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...

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

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

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the...

The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the...

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...