There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

No one can keep a secret better than a child... 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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There is nothing like a dream to create the future... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides... view

By: Victor Hugo

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To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach... view

By: Victor Hugo

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The flesh is the surface of the unknown... view

By: Victor Hugo

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To love is to act... 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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Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left... view

By: Victor Hugo

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Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant... view

By: Victor Hugo

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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas... view

By: Victor Hugo

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