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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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

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...

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

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

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt.

You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

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.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.