Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

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...

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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...

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

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

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and...

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and...

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

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

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

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.