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.
VICTOR HUGOThere is nothing like a dream to create the future.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
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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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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.
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Love is life, if it is not death.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
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You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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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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He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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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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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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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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Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
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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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Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.
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Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.
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Wisdom is the health of the soul.
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To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.
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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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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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During a wise man’s whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
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Men hate those to whom they have to lie.
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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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