French literature Quote by Victor Hugo

“were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled…

— Jane Austen

“...wrong to think the less of another for what he or she was. There was no moral obligation to like others, nor necessarily to…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“On the contrary, as there is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher, everything was given away,…

— Victor Hugo

“Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue; for money comes between a man and his objects, and obtains them for him; it was…

— Henry David Thoreau

“He is an Englishman, and in the midst of national and professional prejudices, unsoftened by cultivation, retains some of the noblest endowments of humanity.”

— Mary Shelley

“These things sensibly affected Theseus, who, thinking it but just not to disregard, but rather partake of, the sufferings of his fellow citizens, offered…

— Plutarch

“The world is divided into those who screw and those who do not. He distrusted those who did not—when they strayed from the straight…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“...he considered respect for one's given word as a wealth that should not be squandered.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Is not that government both unjust and ungrateful, that is so prodigal of its favours to those that are called gentlemen, or goldsmiths, or…

— Thomas More Hoban

“They created nothing and only took from others. They took and distributed without regard to merit, equality or justice.”

— Stephen Black

“It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do.”

— Abhijit Naskar