The ox suffers, the cart complains.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

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

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

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

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....

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

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

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

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

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.

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

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.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.