More from Victor Hugo
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict’s suit or a monarch’s crown.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo
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And in the end when the money is gone – will you still stay it was worth it.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby My soul speaks a language, only you can understand.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale In another life, you kept your word, and forever’s still ours for the taking.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Journey with struggle becomes a great tale in the future.
Carla StokesCarla Stokes I’m not asking that you take the bullet for me. I wish you’d shoot first.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery A rainy day is the perfect excuse to explore deeper feelings.
Emily BockEmily Bock Stop taking care of everyone else before you take care of yourself.
Claire VinsonClaire Vinson Music is a weed, we all fallen souls are high on.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar
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To lose a son under those circumstances – a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.
Brian JonesBrian Jones Art is the sound of a human dying to be an immortal artist.
Ananya BhaskarAnanya Bhaskar Weep, for the light is dead.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Fear of death is worse than dying.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
SolonSolon Song forbids victorious deeds to die.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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