To love beauty is to see light.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

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

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

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

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

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

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

Progress is the life-style of man. The general life of the human race is called...

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...

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...

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

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

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

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,...

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...