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.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

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

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

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to...

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to...

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for...

It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.

It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...