God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
VICTOR HUGOYou can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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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 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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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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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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People do not lack strength, they lack will.
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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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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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Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.
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Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
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Life’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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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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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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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.
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Wisdom is the health of the soul.
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To love another person is to see the face of God.
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Love is life, if it is not death.
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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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You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
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Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
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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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Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
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Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
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Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts.
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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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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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