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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available

Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

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...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

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...

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself....

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself....

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

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...

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

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...

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

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

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...