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A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict’s suit or a monarch’s crown.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo 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.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To love another person is to see the face of God.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo
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Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
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Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
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