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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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...

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

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.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

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

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

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...

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

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,...

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

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.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.