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A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
Victor Hugo
Faith
Man
Necessity
Nothing
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo
Time
Idea
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Victor Hugo
Men
Adversity
Prosperity
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
Victor Hugo
Quality
Mercy
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo
Time
Idea
World
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
Victor Hugo
Paradise
Hell
A war between Europeans is a civil war.
Victor Hugo
War
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
Victor Hugo
Mother
Children
Sleep
Tenderness
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
Victor Hugo
Thought
Labor
Man
A great artist is a great man in a great child.
Victor Hugo
Artist
Man
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
Victor Hugo
Kiss
Compliment
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
Victor Hugo
Dignity
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
Victor Hugo
Heart
A library implies an act of faith.
Victor Hugo
Faith
Act
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
Victor Hugo
Change
Opinions
Principles