To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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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...

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

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.

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...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

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

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

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

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...

Taste is the common sense of genius.

Taste is the common sense of genius.

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

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...

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

To love is natural. To understand the variations of love is wisdom.

To love is natural. To understand the variations of love is wisdom.

But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning; Never sick, never...

But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning; Never sick, never...

Forget the resolutions. Forget control and discipline, too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go in...

Forget the resolutions. Forget control and discipline, too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go in...