One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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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...

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

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

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

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong;...

Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong;...

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

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

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

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...

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

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.

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to...

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to...