Quote by Victor Hugo
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. - Victor Hugo

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. – Victor Hugo

Other quotes by Victor Hugo

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present. – Victor Hugo

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Time
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There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. – J. Paul Getty

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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men. – Vanessa Marcil

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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. – Douglas Bader

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He was a very valiant man who first adventured on eating oysters. – JamesI

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Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. – Pablo Casals

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A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. – Mark Twain

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And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judgement, on art, on a feel for financial markets. – Martin Feldstein

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