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

Topics: Inspirational Quotes, Love Quotes

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

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...

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...

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

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...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

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...

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

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...

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;...

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!

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

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

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

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is...

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.