The ox suffers, the cart complains.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it...

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it...

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...

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent...

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent...

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...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

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,...

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory...

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory...