Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
Victor HugoSublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.
Victor HugoM. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.
Victor Hugo