The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

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...

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

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

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

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.

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...

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

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,...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

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...

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

Be careful for nothing, but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let...

Be careful for nothing, but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let...

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take...

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take...