The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius,...

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius,...

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

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.

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.

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...

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

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.

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...

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

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

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

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

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

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.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...