Revolutions are not born of chance but of necessity.
VICTOR HUGOKnowledge is a weight added to conscience.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.
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When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
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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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You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
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To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
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Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
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Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.
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To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.
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Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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To love another person is to see the face of 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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Go out in the world and work like money doesn’t matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.
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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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If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
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Reality in strong doses frightens.
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To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
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God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
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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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