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

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Popularity? It is glory's small change

Popularity? It is glory's small change

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

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...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

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

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

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and...

There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

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

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

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...