Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
VICTOR HUGOTo learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
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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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What makes night within us may leave stars.
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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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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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He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
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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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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
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Love is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
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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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Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.
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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.
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Reality in strong doses frightens.
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