England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her: Shakespeare and the Bible.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

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...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

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....

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...

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

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

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

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 soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius,...

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius,...

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.