Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. - Victor Hugo
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
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul. - Victor Hugo
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? - Victor Hugo
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable. - Victor Hugo
Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. - Victor Hugo
The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live. - Victor Hugo
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