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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 I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo During a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Revolutions are not born of chance but of necessity.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Not being heard is no reason for silence.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo When love has fused and mingled two beings in sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned.
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