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People Quotes by Victor Hugo
- One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on…
- A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished…
- Whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all. Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the…
- There must be people who pray even for those who never pray.
- Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. Fettered words are terrible words. The writer doubles and trebles the power of his writing when…
- Friendship exists outside our modern economy of scarcity... It's not about apportioning vanishing resources of time and energy. Friendship is a blessed relic of the…
- People do not lack strength; they lack will.
- It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
- The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
- The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong…
- 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…
- For the rest, he was the same to all men, the fashionable world and the ordinary people. He judged nothing in haste, or without taking…
- The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now…
- Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night? It is the music of a people Who are climbing to the…
- If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring.
- Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
- People do not read stupidities with impunity.
- Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance…
- Not seeing people allows you to think of them as perfect in all kinds of ways.
- People weighed down with troubles do not look back; they know only too well that misfortune stalks them.
- Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men
- There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.
- The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it has come to be disbelieved. Few people daresay nowadays that…
- In each age men of genius undertake the ascent. From below, the world follows them with their eyes. These men go up the mountain, enter…
- There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from a distance
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle