Quote by Victor Hugo
Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, p

Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murders. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls. – Victor Hugo

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Prometheus is action. Hamlet is hesitation. In Prometheus the obstacle is exterior; in Hamlet it is interior. In Prometheus the will is securely nailed down by nails of brass and cannot get loose; besides, it has by its side two watchers – Victor Hugo

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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God. – Victor Hugo

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The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals. – Henry David Thoreau

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Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Righteousness is easy in retrospect. – Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine

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