Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Education Quotes

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

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

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

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...

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

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

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

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

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....

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.