God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
VICTOR HUGOHave 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.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.
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Life’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness
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Toleration is the best religion.
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Wisdom is the health of the soul.
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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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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.
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During a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
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The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
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Reality in strong doses frightens.
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Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
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