We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Women Quotes

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.

I'm religiously opposed to religion

I'm religiously opposed to religion

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

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

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

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...

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...

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...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol,...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Despotism is a long crime.

Despotism is a long crime.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving...