People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

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.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

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...

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon...

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon...

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea...

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea...

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.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

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

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

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that...

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that...

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...

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the...

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the...

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.