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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Those who live are those who fight.

Those who live are those who fight.

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

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.

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...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

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

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

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.

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

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...