Victor Hugo on greatness
“The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.”
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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 Those who do not weep, do not see.
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.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo 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.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Wisdom is the health of the soul.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Life’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
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Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
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