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People do not lack strength; they lack will. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#people #strength #will

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#aware #fact #ignorant #knows #man

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

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#fire #learn #light #out #read

A war between Europeans is a civil war. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#civil #civil war #europeans #war

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#filled #heart #purse

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? ↗

— Victor Hugo

#between #brothers #civil #civil war #does

Conscience is God present in man. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#god #man #present

Despotism is a long crime. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#despotism #long