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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

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

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

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

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...

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

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...

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...

Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.

Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with...

I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.

I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes and dislikes.

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes and dislikes.