Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

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

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

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

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...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

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.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a...

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a...

Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. Theyre a sign of frustration. Shes...

Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. Theyre a sign of frustration. Shes...