Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

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

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

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

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

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

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...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

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...

Those who live are those who fight.

Those who live are those who fight.

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

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

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

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.

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.