Victor Hugo ( 10 of 71 )
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.
I'm religiously opposed to religion.
I'm religiously opposed to religion.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.
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
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished read more
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
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.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.