"Human society, the world, and the whole..." - Quote by Victor Hugo
Human society, the world, and the whole of mankind is to be found in the alphabet.
More by Victor Hugo
“Youth is the future smiling at a stranger, which is itself.”
“...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables”
“When we are at the end of life, to die means to go away; when we are at the beginning, to go away means to die.”
More on Language
“No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby - so helpless and so ridiculous.”
“Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional [or scholarly] writers.”
“Why are they called buildings when they’re already finished? Shouldn’t they be called builts?”