Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

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...

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...

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

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...

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

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

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

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...

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

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

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...

To love beauty is to see light.

To love beauty is to see light.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

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 animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

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

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