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Revolutions are not born of chance but of necessity.

Revolutions are not born of chance but of necessity.

Victor Hugo
Revolution, Chance, Born
Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions

Victor Hugo
Progress, Brutality, Revolution
Victor Hugo (2016). “Les Misérables”, p.58, My Ebook Publishing House

Revolution is the larva of civilization.

Victor Hugo
Civilization, Revolution

If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.

Victor Hugo
Wish, Progress, Revolution
Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). “Les misérables”, Dutton Adult

The wind of revolutions is not tractable.

Victor Hugo
Wisdom, Wind, Revolution
Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume Two”, p.726, Wordsworth Editions

To see so much misery everywhere, I suspect that God is not rich. He keeps up appearances, it is true, but I feel the pinch. He gives a revolution as a merchant, whose credit is low, gives a ball.

Victor Hugo
God, Giving, Revolution
Victor Hugo (1862). “Saint Denis”, p.148

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