The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.

Genius: the superhuman in man... view

By: Victor Hugo

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As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter... view

By: Victor Hugo

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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come... view

By: Victor Hugo

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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Stupidity talks, vanity acts... view

By: Victor Hugo

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To think of shadows is a serious thing... view

By: Victor Hugo

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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... view

By: Victor Hugo

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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.. view

By: Victor Hugo

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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees... view

By: Victor Hugo

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The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced... view

By: Victor Hugo

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