Victor Hugo ( 10 of 71 )
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
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.
Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad
Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad
Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in read more
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -Victor Hugo.
You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life read more
You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life so that at some future hour
Fact and his dreamings meet.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.
For sight is woman-like and shuns the old.
(Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,
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For sight is woman-like and shuns the old.
(Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,
Who backwards looks.)
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
