Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

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.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

Those who live are those who fight.

Those who live are those who fight.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

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.

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 rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

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...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...