He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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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.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

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.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

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...

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything,...

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything,...

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....

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...