Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real life, nothing makes him so deaf and dumb as the picture of these petty passions and petty crimes which calls itself the world of politics.

Vladimir Odoyevsky
Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real...
Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real...
Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real...
Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real...
About This Quote

In this quote, French author Victor Hugo states that nothing can remove a person from his inner world as much as politics. Politics is a high-profile arena, a place where passions and crimes are displayed to the world. Through politics, people can learn how to be cruel, yet they never get the chance to discover what it means to be kind. This quote expresses that politics is little more than a game where people’s lives are played out on the stage of the world.

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