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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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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...

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies...

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies...

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey

Life is the flower for which love is the honey

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Taste is the common sense of genius.

Taste is the common sense of genius.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

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.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of...

Courage, in the final analysis, is nothing but an affirmative answer to the shocks of...

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want...

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want...

The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.

The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten.

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...