When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
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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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent
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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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A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict’s suit or a monarch’s crown.
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Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion.
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It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
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It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
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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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Love is life, if it is not death.
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Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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When the heart is dry the eye is dry.
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The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
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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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Love has no middle term; either it destroys, or it saves.
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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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