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6 sourced quotes by Victor Hugo on ethics & morality, democracy & freedom, peace, non-violence & conflict, truth & wisdom, resilience & perseverance, with a use case for each in GS4, Essay and interviews.
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It is time, we repeat, that this monstrous slumber of men's consciences should end. It must not be, after that fearful scandal, the triumph of crime, that a scandal still more fearful should be presented to mankind: the indifference of the civilized world. Book I, III
There shall be no slavery of the mind.
I only take a half share in the civil war; I am willing to die, I am not willing to kill.
To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
It is man's consolation that the future is to be a sunrise instead of a sunset.
The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal.