Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.
VICTOR HUGOMelancholy is the happiness of being sad.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in – what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
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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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Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.
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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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When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
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The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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People do not lack strength, they lack will.
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent
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Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.
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