"Those who do not weep, do not..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art - the finest of all, perhaps - truly to depict humanity by the enlargement of man: that is, to generate the real in the ideal.”

“Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.”

“Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.”

“It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.”

“In fact, it comes to this: nobody is capable of really thinking about anyone, even in the worst calamity. For really to think about someone means thinking about that person every minute of the day, without letting one’s thoughts be diverted by anything- by meals, by a fly that settles on one’s cheek, by household duties, or by a sudden itch somewhere. But there are always flies and itches. That’s why life is difficult to live.”

“I love my people and I don't hate nobody and it keeps me out of trouble.”

“All fancy-sick she is and pale of cheer, with sighs of love, that costs the fresh blood dear.”

“He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he had anticipated feeling it. A parable.”

“I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.”