The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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...

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

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

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

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.

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...

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

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.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a...

Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a...

The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is...

The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is...