He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
VICTOR HUGOIf you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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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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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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Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.
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He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
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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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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
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People do not lack strength, they lack will.
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Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.
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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
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Love is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
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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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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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Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
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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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What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
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Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
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You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.
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To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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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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Men hate those to whom they have to lie.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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