Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
Victor Hugo
Goodness Greatness, Rare Pearl, Goodness, Greatness, Pearl, Rare
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“Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted.” Victor Hugo
Press Liberty, Freedom Press, Human Civilization, Press, Liberty, Civilization
Victor Hugo Press Liberty, Freedom Press, Human Civilization, Press, Liberty, Civilization“Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.” Victor Hugo
Human Rights, Spiritual Freedom, Social Justice, Moral Responsibility, Equality, Personal Rights
Victor Hugo Human Rights, Spiritual Freedom, Social Justice, Moral Responsibility, Equality, Personal Rights“The peculiarity of sunrise is to make us laugh at all our terrors of the night, and our laugh is always proportioned to the fear we have had.” Victor Hugo
Sunrise And Fear, Light And Darkness, Emotional Growth, Human Reflection, Night And Day, Personal Change
Victor Hugo Sunrise And Fear, Light And Darkness, Emotional Growth, Human Reflection, Night And Day, Personal Change“One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.” Victor Hugo
Powerful Ideas, Thought's Strength, Revolutionary Thoughts, Minds Over Armies, Intellectual Influence, Resistance
Victor Hugo Powerful Ideas, Thought's Strength, Revolutionary Thoughts, Minds Over Armies, Intellectual Influence, Resistance“The infinite is. He is there. If the infinite had no person, person would be without limit; it would not be infinite; in other words, it would not exist. There is, then, an I. That I of the infinite is God.” Victor Hugo
Infinite God, Divine Existence, Infinite, God, Person, Existence
Victor Hugo Infinite God, Divine Existence, Infinite, God, Person, Existence“I’d like a drink. I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention by somebody I don’t know. It doesn’t last, and it’s good for nothing. You break your neck simply living.” Victor Hugo
Life Forgetting, Painful Existence, Life, Forgetting, Painful, Existence
Victor Hugo Life Forgetting, Painful Existence, Life, Forgetting, Painful, Existence“When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.” Victor Hugo
Divine Justice, Self-Destruction, Institutional Failures, Moral Responsibility, Power And Corruption, Fate
Victor Hugo Divine Justice, Self-Destruction, Institutional Failures, Moral Responsibility, Power And Corruption, Fate“There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo
Powerful Idea, Time Influence, Idea Power, Idea, Time, Power
Victor Hugo Powerful Idea, Time Influence, Idea Power, Idea, Time, Power“The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.” Victor Hugo
Divine Power, Spiritual Truths, Word And Faith, Sacred Language, God And Creation, Divine Essence
Victor Hugo Divine Power, Spiritual Truths, Word And Faith, Sacred Language, God And Creation, Divine Essence“The cities make ferocious men because they may corrupt man. The mountain, the sea, the forest, make savage men; they development fierce side, but often without destroying the humane side.” Victor Hugo
Urban Influence, Nature’s Power, Human Transformation, Society And Nature, Wild And Tame, Personal Growth
Victor Hugo Urban Influence, Nature’s Power, Human Transformation, Society And Nature, Wild And Tame, Personal Growth“Never, even among animals, does the creature born to be a dove change into an osprey. That is only seen among men.” Victor Hugo
Human Nature, Inner Identity, Transformation, Nature And Instinct, Change And Consistency, Animal Symbolism
Victor Hugo Human Nature, Inner Identity, Transformation, Nature And Instinct, Change And Consistency, Animal Symbolism“It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.” Victor Hugo
Justice Pleasure, Dislike Action, Justice, Action, Pleasure, Dislike
Victor Hugo Justice Pleasure, Dislike Action, Justice, Action, Pleasure, Dislike“In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid privilege of the great literary languages Greek, Latin, and French that they possess a prose. English has not this privilege. There is no prose in English.” Victor Hugo
Language And Culture, Literary Differences, Prose And Poetry, English And French, Literary Privileges, Language Identity
Victor Hugo Language And Culture, Literary Differences, Prose And Poetry, English And French, Literary Privileges, Language Identity“The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple.” Victor Hugo
Life And Death, Spiritual Invitation, Immortal Symphonies, End Of Life, Personal Reflection, Cosmic Perspective
Victor Hugo Life And Death, Spiritual Invitation, Immortal Symphonies, End Of Life, Personal Reflection, Cosmic Perspective“Machiavelli is not an evil genius, nor a demon, nor a miserable and cowardly writer; he is nothing but the fact. And he is not only the Italian fact; he is the European fact, the fact of the sixteenth century. He seems hideous, and so he is, in the presence of the moral idea of the nineteenth.” Victor Hugo
Machiavelli Analysis, Historical Reflection, Genius Or Fact, Philosophical Dissection, European History, Intellectual Debate
Victor Hugo Machiavelli Analysis, Historical Reflection, Genius Or Fact, Philosophical Dissection, European History, Intellectual Debate“Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing?” Victor Hugo
Divine Death, Mortal Rights, Death, God, Rights, Unknown
Victor Hugo Divine Death, Mortal Rights, Death, God, Rights, Unknown“Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men.” Victor Hugo
Angry Song, People Voice, Song, Angry, Voice, People
Victor Hugo Angry Song, People Voice, Song, Angry, Voice, People“There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched.” Victor Hugo
Action Philosophy, Protest Limits, Action, Philosophy, Protest, Limits
Victor Hugo Action Philosophy, Protest Limits, Action, Philosophy, Protest, Limits