From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of…

Quote by Victor Hugo

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When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

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...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

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

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

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

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

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature...

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

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

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...