Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
VICTOR HUGODuring a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
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To love another person is to see the face of God.
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If people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.
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To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
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Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
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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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You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
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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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Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.
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When 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.
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Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves.
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People do not lack strength, they lack will.
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