“Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.”
— Victor Hugo
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Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine
“Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.”
— Victor Hugo
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What is history? An echo of the
“What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.”
— Victor Hugo
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As a means of contrast with the
“As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.”
— Victor Hugo
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Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.
“Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.”
— Victor Hugo
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I am a soul. I know well
“I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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When God desires to destroy a thing,
“When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.”
— Victor Hugo
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Forty is the old age of youth;
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.”
— Victor Hugo
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Many great actions are committed in small
“Many great actions are committed in small struggles.”
— Victor Hugo
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow
“Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles;
“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: change
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