Quote by Victor Hugo
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor – Victor Hugo

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Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind. – Giordano Bruno

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I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. Its just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions. – David Attenborough

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The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The definition of marriage cannot be disputed. Its right there in black and white and its been the same since the start of Wikipedia. – Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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I enjoy making solo albums because over the years its evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control. – Bruce Dickinson

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It is fear that first brought gods into the world. – Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Satyricon

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To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together… humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. – William Wordsworth

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