Quotes by Hugo, Victor

Toleration is the best religion. >>

To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have u >>

Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly underst >>

Quotations about Rebellion

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are n >>

I'm totally going through a rebel period right now. It's sort of wanin >>

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocr >>

Most commonly revolt is born of material circumstances; but insurrection is always a moral phenomenon. Revolt is Masaniello, who led the Neapolitan insurgents in 1647; but insurrection is Spartacus. Insurrection is a thing of the spirit, revolt is a thing of the stomach.

Hugo, Victor