Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

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...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

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

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

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to...

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to...

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...

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

I'm religiously opposed to religion

I'm religiously opposed to religion

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other...

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other...

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.