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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Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong;...

Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong;...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

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...

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

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

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

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

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...

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

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.

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.

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...

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.