Victor Hugo's Quote - As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our

Quote by Victor Hugo

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. – Victor Hugo

Other quotes by Victor Hugo

Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. – Victor Hugo

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The ideal and the beautiful are identical the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form hence idea and substance are cognate. – Victor Hugo

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Popularity? Its glorys small change. – Victor Hugo

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I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid. – Richard Russo

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Self-preservation is the first law of nature. – Samuel Butler

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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words. – Fran Lebowitz

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The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere. – Empedocles

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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. – Joseph Joubert

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Words are all we have. – Samuel Beckett

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We dont communicate in full sentences anyway. We dont need all those words. – Shepard Smith

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The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings. – Garrett Hardin

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