"What matters deafness of the ear, when..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.”

“As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat.”

“The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land.”

“Within the book and volume of thy brain.”

“The ego is not only the unobserved mind, the voice in the head which pretends to be you, but also the unobserved emotions that are the body's reaction to what the voice in the head is saying.”

“I am very glad I have travelled. Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices.”

“You never know how you look through other people's eyes.”

“Every object tells a story if you know how to read it.”

“'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed, When not to be, receives reproach of being, And the just pleasure lost, which is so deemed, Not by our feeling, but by others' seeing.”