Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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I'm religiously opposed to religion

I'm religiously opposed to religion

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...

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

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...

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible...

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Nothing else in the world...not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time...

Nothing else in the world...not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon...

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon...

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

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