We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Women Quotes

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

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

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

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.

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.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from...

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the...

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the...

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it...

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius,...

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius,...

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.