Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Quote by Victor Hugo

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To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

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...

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything,...

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything,...

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

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.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

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...

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.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

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...

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.