Victor Hugo on army
“No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.”
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Inspiration and genius – one and the same.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo When the heart is dry the eye is dry.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo We pardon to the extent that we love.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Men hate those to whom they have to lie.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
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Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
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One of the basic conditions for the victory of socialism is the arming of the workers Communist and the disarming of the bourgeoisie the middle class.
Vladimir LeninVladimir Lenin The reason why there is now no communist government in Paris is because in the circumstances of 1945 the Soviet army was not able to reach French soil.
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin Those who are opposed to armed uprising. Must be ruthlessly kicked out as enemies, traitors and cowards.
Vladimir LeninVladimir Lenin Ah, these diplomats! What chatterboxes! There’s only one way to shut them up – cut them down with machine guns. Bulganin, go and get me one!
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
AristophanesAristophanes