There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

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...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

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:...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

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...

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

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...

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

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

The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the...

The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the...

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.