Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Grace Quotes

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

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.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

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...

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

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...

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

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.

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

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

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

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...

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...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple...

To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put...

My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That's why we put...