There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

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...

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

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!

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 met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good...

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good...

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

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...

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

Conscience is God present in man.

Conscience is God present in man.

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...

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Our lives are repetitious shams-every single day a simulacrum of the previous day. So for...

Our lives are repetitious shams-every single day a simulacrum of the previous day. So for...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...