Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Quote by Victor Hugo

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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon...

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon...

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

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....

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor....

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor....

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...

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as...

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

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

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

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

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 most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

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.

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

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...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...