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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

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...

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...

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it...

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it...

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

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

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

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...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.