Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
Victor HugoAll animals are to be found in men and each of theme exists in some man, sometimes several at the time.
Victor HugoAnd, moreover, when it happens that both are sincere and good, nothing will mix and amalgamate more easily than an old priest and an old soldier. In reality, they are the same kind of man. One has devoted himself to country upon earth, the other to his country in heaven; there is no other difference.
Victor Hugo