#is

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#determined #greatness #height #his #little

Despotism is a long crime. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#despotism #long

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#flesh #invisible #invisible world #luminous #night

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

#good #goodness #great #history #over

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#future #history #past #reflex

It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#consolation #derive #life #people #troubles

It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#commit #disagreeable #does #just #like

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#become #degrees #men #poison

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#aristocratic #democratic #tastes

Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror? ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#civil-rights #osama-bin-laden #surveillance #terrorism #war-on-terror