The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

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.

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...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

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

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

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

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...

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body,...

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body,...

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

Je hais vos idÃ©es, mais je me ferait tuer pour que vous ayez le droit...

Je hais vos idÃ©es, mais je me ferait tuer pour que vous ayez le droit...

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...

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.