The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself....

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself....

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

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

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

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

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...

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

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.

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...

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Taste is the common sense of genius.

Taste is the common sense of genius.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

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;...

Anger is only one letter short of danger

Anger is only one letter short of danger

You should make a woman angry if you wish her to love

You should make a woman angry if you wish her to love

He injures a fair lady that beholds her not

He injures a fair lady that beholds her not