Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Chance Quotes, Slavery Quotes, Tyranny Quotes

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for...

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

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...

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

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

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

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

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

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...

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...

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think...

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think...

Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem or use my arrogance as...

Now I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem or use my arrogance as...

Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when...

Anxiety about the future never profits; we feel no evil until it comes, and when...

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your...

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your...

All poetic inspiration is but dream interpretation

All poetic inspiration is but dream interpretation

When life changes to be more difficult, change yourself to be stronger.

When life changes to be more difficult, change yourself to be stronger.