Despotism is a long crime.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt.

You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt.

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run...

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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

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

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

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...

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision...

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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...