Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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

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

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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

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

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

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 met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

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...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

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...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

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.

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...

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...