The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

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...

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

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...

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

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

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

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;...

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

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...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to...

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to...

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.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...