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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child,...

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

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...

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the...

The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the...

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor....

One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor....