Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself....

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself....

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

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

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

Those who live are those who fight.

Those who live are those who fight.

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Conscience is God present in man.

Conscience is God present in man.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

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...

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.