"The most excellent symbol of the people..." - Quote by Victor Hugo
The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.
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“Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.”
“The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.”
“We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness. The supreme happiness in life is the assurance of being loved; of being loved for oneself, even in spite of oneself; and this assurance the blind man possesses. In his affliction, to be served is to be caressed. Does he lack anything? no. Possessing love he is not deprived of light. A love, moreover, that is wholly pure. There can be no blindness where there is this certainty.”
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“All art is at once surface and symbol.”
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“The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.”