An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

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

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

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the...

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights...

Habit is the nursery of errors.

Habit is the nursery of errors.

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....