Victor Hugo Quotes
He is the best gentleman that is the son of his own deserts, and not the degenerated heir of another's virtue.
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A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
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Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
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I was always the Southern gentleman.
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
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To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
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Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests.
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My ideal man is faithful, honest, and a gentleman who knows how to treat women.
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Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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The most ordinary Negro is a distinct gentleman, but it takes extraordinary training and opportunity to make the average white man anything but a hog.
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The learning of the gentleman enters through his ears, fastens to his heart, spreads through his four limbs, and manifests itself in his actions. ... The learning of the petty person enters through his ears and passes out his mouth. From mouth to ears is only four inches—how could it be enough to improve a whole body much larger than that?
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Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something which you have to be all the time. Which isn't easy.
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I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion - he is an archetype of style.
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Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.
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For we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use.
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Groupon is a great concept packaged in a superb name, but the concept of group discounts is not new.
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One of the most depressing features of the ethical side of the matter is that instead of such methods arousing contempt they are more or less openly admired. And this is logical. Canonise 'business success,' and men who made a success like that of the Standard Oil Trust become national heroes!
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He is the best gentleman that is the son of his own deserts, and not the degenerated heir of another's virtue.
