If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most poorly endowed in the distribution or wealth that chance had made, and who were, therefore, most worthy of…

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

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...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

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.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

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.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Taste is the common sense of genius.

Taste is the common sense of genius.

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as...

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as...

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

With pain, with gain.

With pain, with gain.