No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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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...

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

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

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

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...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

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...

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

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...

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.