It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

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...

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

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...

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,...

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

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...

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

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,...

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.