The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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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...

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good...

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good...

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

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

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

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

I'm religiously opposed to religion

I'm religiously opposed to religion

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.