The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.
VICTOR HUGONo army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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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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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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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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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
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He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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During a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
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