To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

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...

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary.

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.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but...

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

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

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

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

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

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.