Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
VICTOR HUGOLove is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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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.
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When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
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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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Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.
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Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.
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You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
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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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Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces.
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Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.
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A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict’s suit or a monarch’s crown.
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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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The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
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