Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Quote by Victor Hugo

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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Conscience is God present in man.

Conscience is God present in man.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

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...

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.

Nothing else in the world...not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time...

Nothing else in the world...not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.