I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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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...

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.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

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,...

Those who live are those who fight.

Those who live are those who fight.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

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...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible...

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...