Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.
VICTOR HUGOOur mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.
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Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin.
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The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.
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The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
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A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in – what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
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What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.
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Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
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