Daily quote |
Victor Hugo (Victor-Marie Hugo)It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her. It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes. Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter. Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Liberation is not deliverance. Life is the flower for which love is the honey. Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved. Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. Many great actions are committed in small struggles. |