The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
We moralize among ruins.
An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.
He was one of these men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.