In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny reappears continually.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Destiny Quotes, Injustice Quotes, Life Quotes

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

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...

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

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...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Life is the flower for which love is the honey

Life is the flower for which love is the honey

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

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 brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

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 flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish.

Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish.