“There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched.”

“Il vient une heure où protester ne suffit plus : après la philosophie, il faut l’action.”

“No army can stop an idea whose time has come”

“To love or have loved is all-sufficing. We must not ask for more. No other pearl is to be found in the shadowfolds of life. To love is an accomplishment.”

“Oh! would that we were lying side by side in the same grave, hand in hand, and from time to time, in the darkness, gently caressing a finger -- that would suffice for my eternity!”

“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come”

“No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.”