To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.
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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Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.
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To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
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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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What makes night within us may leave stars.
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You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
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Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.
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If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.
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Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. I shall feel it.
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People do not lack strength, they lack will.
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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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The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
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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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