It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

Life is a voyage.

Life is a voyage.

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...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

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...

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as...

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as...

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

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

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

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

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...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

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

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

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea...

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea...