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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

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

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

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

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.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

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...

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

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

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

Those who live are those who fight.

Those who live are those who fight.

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]

Taste is the common sense of genius.

Taste is the common sense of genius.

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

And then, what is the spiritual being that does not know its Sacred Self? But...

And then, what is the spiritual being that does not know its Sacred Self? But...

A Native American grandfather talking to his young grandson tells the boy he has two...

A Native American grandfather talking to his young grandson tells the boy he has two...