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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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...

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent...

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent...

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

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...

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...

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it...

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

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...