Despotism is a long crime.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

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.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections,...

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.

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...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the...

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

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...

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

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...

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

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

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

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...