Je hais vos idÃ©es, mais je me ferait tuer pour que vous ayez le droit de les exprimer. I hate your ideas, but I would have myself killed so that you could have the right to expres them.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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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

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...

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

Yes, God made man first, but there's always a rough draft before the final copy.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

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...

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

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

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

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.

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...

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...

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds...

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

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...

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!