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«Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?»
«It is better to reenter hell and become an angel, than to remain in heaven and become a demon.»
«Progress is the stride of God.»
«I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one.»
«The mind enriches by receiving, the hart by giving»
«To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother»
«There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.»
«It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which should be simply illuminated and studied. How great is the force of benevolent and searching examination! We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
benevolent, exaggerate, exaggerates, exaggerating, examination, excessive, flame, illuminate, illuminated, required, resort, resort to, searching, studied, The Flame, The Force
«My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are only bad farmers.»
«Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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Civilization,
Grace
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derived, divine grace, smiled, Voltaire, wept
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