An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be resisted.

On résiste à l'invasion des armées; on ne résiste pas à l'invasion des idées.

Victor Hugo

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Topic

Power of ideas

Author

Victor Hugo

Source

The History of a Crime

Language

French

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Hugo, Victor. Histoire d'un crime [The History of a Crime]. Paris: Calmann-Levy, c. 1878, conclusion, ch. 10.

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Another quote originally in French

To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Topic
Names Poetry
Speaker
Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.