Noise does not waken a drunkard; silence wakens him.
Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race.
I make little account of victory. Nothing is so stupid as to vanquish; the real glory is to convince.
Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
La sua vita era ancora troppo breve, per sapere che non c'è cosa più imminente dell'impossibile, e che quanto dobbiamo sempre prevedere è l'imprevisto.
Sin is a gravitation.
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
Society absolutely must look into these things since they are its own work.
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
I am come to warn you. I am come to impeach your happiness. It is fashioned out of the misery of your neighbour. You have everything, and that is composed of the nothing of others… As for me, I am but...
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody. This of all miseries is the coldest.
I had rather be hissed for a good verse than applauded for a bad one.
Nothing is more real than those great seismic shocks that two souls give each other in exchanging that spark.
He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows that plan carries thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.
There is a crime commited by the society against the individual,a crime that is commited afresh each day
Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise...
A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?
The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.
Why, there's the air, the sky, the morning, the evening, moonlight, my friends, women, the beautiful architecture of Paris to study, three big books to write and all sorts of other things. Anaxagoras...
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