Victor Hugo ( 10 of 71 )
The stars were glittering in the heaven's dusk meadows,
Far west, among those flowers of the shadows,
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The stars were glittering in the heaven's dusk meadows,
Far west, among those flowers of the shadows,
The thin, clear crescent lustrous over her,
Made Ruth raise question, looking through the bars
Of heaven, with eyes half-oped, what God, what comer
Unto the harvest of the eternal summer,
Had flung his golden hook down on the field of stars.
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.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
Many great actions are committed in small struggles.
Many great actions are committed in small struggles.
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.)
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
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.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
