Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

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

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

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

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.

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

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

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

What she didn't understand, she being spiritual and seeing religion as spirit, was that it...

What she didn't understand, she being spiritual and seeing religion as spirit, was that it...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home...

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are...

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are...