Victor Hugo ( 10 of 71 )
One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her read more
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.
Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.
Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Men are still men. The despot's wickedness
Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--
Comes of read more
Men are still men. The despot's wickedness
Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--
Comes of the purple he from childhood wears,
Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.
