Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

Never laugh at those who suffer; suffer sometimes those who laugh.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

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.

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the...

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....