Victor Hugo Quotes

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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Capable Endure Freedom Poverty
What makes night within us may leave stars.
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Darkness Leaving Night One Liner Stars
Inspiration and genius – one and the same.
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Business Genius Inspirational One Liner Same
When the heart is dry the eye is dry.
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Deep Dry Eyes Heart One Liner
Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.
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Depth Heaven Profound Sweet Woman Women Empowerment
He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.
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Arms Book Come Back Inspirational
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
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Condemned Silence Speak Stay
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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Darkness Ending Finding God Light Misfortune Pupil Soul
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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Close Education Inspirational One Liner Open Prison School
Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.
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Eternal Head Heart Spring Winter
Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion.
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Air Faith Garden Light Love Passion Promise Rose Shower Sincere
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
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Class Humanity Misery Poverty
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Deep Extend Love One Liner Pardon
Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.
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Conscience Knowledge One Liner Weight
When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
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Eyes Listen Love She Talk Woman
Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
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Avoid History Necessary Study Understand
Men hate those to whom they have to lie.
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Deep Lie Men One Liner
What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul
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Love Man Old Poor Shoes Soul Stars Street Young
Reality in strong doses frightens.
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One Liner Reality Strong
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
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Imagination Intelligence Memories Mistress Servant Wife
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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Attitude Body Certain Inspirational Knee Moments Prayer Soul
The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
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Act Done Greatness Habit Kindness Love Performance
A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
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Count Human Same Smile Sunshine Winter
Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.
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Acceptance Certain Government People Shame Solidarity
The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Ignorance Learning Man One Liner
The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in.
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Abuse Believe Galance Love Story Power
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
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Caution Children One Liner Wisdom

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