An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. – Victor Hugo
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. – Victor Hugo
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo
A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement — in a word, with more renunciation than you care for — and so you flee the contagion. – Victor Hugo