Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. – Victor Hugo
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. – Victor Hugo

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. – Victor Hugo
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. – Victor Hugo
Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. – Victor Hugo
In these pages the novelist should be able to find a striking verse to head his chapter, the raconteur add to his bon mots, the man of the world enrich his stock of maxims, the divine obtain some deep thought drawn from the wells of ancient learning. – William Francis Henry King, “Introduction,” Classical and Foreign Quotations, 18