Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Chance Quotes, Slavery Quotes, Tyranny Quotes

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

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.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in...

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

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...

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...

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being...

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that...

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that...

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

There is nothing like a dream to create the future

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle...

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.