You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this way that mortals become angels. It is not their fault; they do not know how to set about…

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Mortality Quotes, Perfection Quotes, Suffering Quotes

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are...

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...

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

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.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

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...

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Popularity? It is glory's small change

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Nothing else in the world...not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time...

Nothing else in the world...not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time...

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,...

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

Conscience is God present in man.

Conscience is God present in man.

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon...

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon...

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...