There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.
VICTOR HUGOWhen 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.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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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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Those who do not weep, do not see.
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
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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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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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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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Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
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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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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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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
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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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Men hate those to whom they have to lie.
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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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A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
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