Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

Life is a voyage.

Life is a voyage.

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...

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

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...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

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...

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent...

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent...

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...

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...

A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

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...

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

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...

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

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...