The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

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...

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

No one can keep a secret better than a child.

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea...

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea...

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

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...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is...

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

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...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be...

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...

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

The sole equality on earth is death

The sole equality on earth is death

I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that...

I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that...

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold...

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold...

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.

Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.