Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.
VICTOR HUGOAdversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
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To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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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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What makes night within us may leave stars.
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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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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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There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.
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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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God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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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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What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
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Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.
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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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Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
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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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Not being heard is no reason for silence.
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Wisdom is the health of the soul.
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Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
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I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning.
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Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
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