“A war between Europeans is a civil war.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: war
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Nothing else in the world… not all
“Nothing else in the world… not all the armies… is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: time
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Toleration is the best religion.
“Toleration is the best religion.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: best
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Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the
“Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: imagination
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Each man should frame life so that
“Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: dreams
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What would be ugly in a garden
“What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: nature
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Freedom in art, freedom in society, this
“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: freedom
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature
“Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: art
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I met in the street a very
“I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, – and the stars through his soul.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: love
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Society is a republic. When an individual
“Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: society
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
“Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
Category: men
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