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

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.

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

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...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

Sleep comes more easily than it returns.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is...

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

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

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

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

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...

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Genius: the superhuman in man.