To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

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...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

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 guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

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...

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

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...

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.