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society Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | society

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.

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smile Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | smile

Joy’s smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

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smile Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | smile

Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

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religion Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | religion

I’m religiously opposed to religion.

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religion Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | religion

Toleration is the best religion.

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power Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | power

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

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poetry Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | poetry

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.

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poetry Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | poetry

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

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peace Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | peace

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

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peace Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo | peace

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

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