The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
VICTOR HUGOYou ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
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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.
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Wisdom is the health of the soul.
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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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People do not lack strength, they lack will.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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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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When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
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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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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
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To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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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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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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Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
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Revolutions are not born of chance but of necessity.
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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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Love is life, if it is not death.
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Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
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Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.
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Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.
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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
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