People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

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

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

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

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...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

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...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

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

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

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

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...

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...

My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.

My play was a complete success. The audience was a failure.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of...

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of...

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will