More from Victor Hugo
The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To love another person is to see the face of God.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love is life, if it is not death.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo
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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
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At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.
RumiRumi In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you have achieved, that is the most important.
Les BrownLes Brown Ugliness is better than beauty. It lasts longer and in the end, gravity will get us all.
Johnny DeppJohnny Depp The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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