There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

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...

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...

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

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

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

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...

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

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.

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...

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the...

Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the...

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most...

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most...