He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

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.

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...

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...

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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....

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

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,...

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.

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.